Firststeps for Kids, INC.

Firststeps for Kids, INC. was paid $12.44M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is H2019, therapeutic behavioral services, billed per 15 minutes — 80% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoFIRSTSTEPS FOR KIDS, INC.
REDONDO BEACH, CA 90277

33aNPI1962726752assigned 03/23/2010

33bProvider typeEarly Intervention Provider Agency

28Total paid$12.44M

24GClaims90,569

24DCodes billed4

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Early Intervention Provider Agency providers in California

Rank by total paid#1 of 51

Median peer was paid$1.55M

This provider vs. median8.1×

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	5,518	$702K
2019	10,158	$1.40M
2020	10,528	$1.30M
2021	11,728	$1.33M
2022	11,913	$1.50M
2023	17,465	$2.66M
2024incomplete	23,259	$3.54M

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
H2019	Therapeutic behavioral services, billed per 15 minutesTherapeutic behavioral services, per 15 minutes	80%	65,766	4,344	$9.93M
H0031	Mental health assessment, by non-physician	18%	20,568	3,988	$2.29M
S5111	Home care training, family; per session	1.5%	3,463	1,976	$185K
H0032	Mental health service plan development by non-physician	<1%	772	363	$38K

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 officialHARRIS, JENNIFER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)