First Steps, INC.
First Steps, INC. was paid $136K by Medicaid between Oct 2018 and Dec 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 92507, Treatment of speech, language, voice, communication, and/or auditory processing disorder — 59% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFIRST STEPS, INC.
NASHVILLE, TN 37215
NASHVILLE, TN 37215
33aNPI1528317351assigned 09/07/2012
33bProvider typePhysical Therapist
28Total paid$136K
24GClaims3,162
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthOct 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Physical Therapist providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#39 of 136
Median peer was paid$28K
This provider vs. median4.8×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 98 | $3K | |
| 2019 | 316 | $11K | |
| 2020 | 374 | $17K | |
| 2021 | 705 | $32K | |
| 2022 | 360 | $17K | |
| 2023 | 942 | $43K | |
| 2024incomplete | 367 | $14K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92507 | Treatment of speech, language, voice, communication, and/or auditory processing disorder | 59% | 2,084 | 745 | $81K |
| 97530 | Therapeutic activities, direct patient contact, each 15 minutes | 41% | 1,078 | 398 | $56K |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialHIGGINS, HEATHER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)