For independent pediatric therapists in Illinois
You change lives. We handle your billing and admin.
Right Start's founder and billing office: 35+ combined years of EI experienceServing Illinois therapists since 2007
Right Start Pediatric Therapies is the Illinois Early Intervention payee, biller, and admin partner for independent (1099) pediatric therapists across Chicagoland and throughout Illinois. You bring the play; we handle the billing, paperwork, and admin.
Questions? Call 877-960-5006 or email support@rightstartpediatrics.com
How payment works
Right Start pays on time, on the schedule in your independent contractor agreement, for the services you provide.
- We bill EI and insurance as your payeeRight Start bills EI and insurance as your payee.
For independent Illinois EI therapists
What we take off your plate
You treat children and coach parents. We take on the EI billing and admin.
- You have the option to dictate notes instead of typingYou have access to fast speech-to-text notes, so documentation takes less typing.
- Your schedule stays yoursYou create your own schedule and choose your cities, anywhere in Chicagoland or across Illinois.
- Telehealth and live video visitsYou have access to telehealth and live video visits, alongside visits in the child’s home or community.
- Organized records for EI monitoring and auditsAs the Early Intervention payee, Right Start is responsible under the state's payee agreement for keeping authorization and billing records for state monitoring and audits. Each therapist remains responsible for their own clinical documentation.
- General tax-planning informationGeneral tax-planning information for self-employed therapists. Not tax advice.
- A direct line to the founderReach the Right Start office, including founder Taso, directly at 877-960-5006 or support@rightstartpediatrics.com.
Credentialing and trainings
- Help with EI credentialing and IMPACT paperworkSupport with EI credentialing and IMPACT paperwork. Help is support, not a guarantee of approval.
- State-required EI trainingsThe state sets the required EI trainings; Right Start can point you to them.
Already credentialed and billing on your own? See what stays yours
- 1099Independent: your payee, biller, and admin partner
- All of IllinoisChicagoland and across Illinois. You choose your cities.
- EI + insuranceBilled as your payee
- 35+combined years of EI experience, Right Start's founder and billing office
Insurance we bill
- BCBS PPO & BlueChoice PPO: in networkLicensed independent contractor therapists can be contracted in network.
- TricareRight Start works with Tricare.
- Out-of-networkWe bill most out-of-network insurance.
- Illinois Early InterventionRight Start serves as your EI payee and biller.
How it works
Four simple steps from first hello to billing.
Reach out
Tell us your discipline, license, and the cities you are thinking about.
Get started
Sign your independent contractor agreement and get help with EI credentialing and IMPACT paperwork, if needed.
See children where they live
Visits happen in the child’s home or community (natural environments), and telehealth and live video visits are available.
We handle your billing
Right Start handles EI and insurance billing as your payee. Right Start pays on time, on the schedule in your independent contractor agreement, for the services you provide.
Every pediatric discipline is welcome
Right Start works with independent therapists across these disciplines. Other licensed pediatric disciplines are welcome to talk with the Right Start office.
Our standing in Illinois EI
- Our founder, Taso Michalopulos, is a Provider Representative on the Illinois Interagency Council on Early Intervention.
- Some independent therapists choose to host student clinicians.
- The independent contractors who work with Right Start hold their own Illinois licenses and Early Intervention credentials, and many are active in professional associations such as ILOTA, IPTA, ISHA and IDTA.
Ready to spend more time on play and less on paperwork?
The Right Start office would love to hear from you. Call 877-960-5006 or email support@rightstartpediatrics.com.