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For credentialed independent EI providers

Stay independent. Stop doing the office work.

Credentialed Illinois EI providers can keep their 1099 independence, schedule, and cities while Right Start takes over the claims, files, and paperwork. Already billing on your own, or through a small agency? Here is what stays yours and what switching involves.

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Questions? Call 877-960-5006 or email support@rightstartpediatrics.com

Who this is for

You already have your Illinois EI credential and CBO enrollment. You may bill the CBO yourself as an independent payee, or contract through a small agency. You want to stay a 1099 independent contractor without spending evenings and weekends on claims, EOBs, and files.

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What stays yours, and what we take over

Stays yours

  • Your 1099 independence. You stay self-employed under your own EIN, with an independent contractor agreement. Right Start is your payee, biller, and admin partner.
  • Your schedule. You create your own schedule.
  • Your service area. You choose your cities, anywhere in Chicagoland or across Illinois.
  • Your families and clinical decisions. You keep your license, your clinical decisions, and how you coach each family.

Right Start takes over

  • EI claims to the CBO, and to all insurance policies, as your payee and biller
  • Insurance billing: BCBS PPO and BlueChoice PPO in network, Tricare, and most out-of-network insurance
  • Paid consistently: twice per month by direct deposit, with no waiting on Medicaid or insurance
  • Authorizations and case files organized in an online system, ready for EI monitoring and audits
  • Speech-to-text session notes
  • Telehealth and live video visits
  • Credentialing, IMPACT, and license paperwork help (support, not a guarantee)
  • Professional liability coverage layered on your own policy, free tax budgeting help, and reflective practice

How each of these works

What switching payees involves

If you are already enrolled with the CBO, independently or through another agency, the state has a set process for adding a new payee. From the official sources:

  1. Provider Connections enrollment forms. Providers already enrolled with the CBO, independently or with another agency, can enroll as a provider for another agency using Provider Connections’ forms. Changes cannot be emailed; they must be mailed or faxed (Provider Connections).
  2. IMPACT. Enrollment changes must also be made in IMPACT. Providers are associated to every agency they provide services for under the Billing Provider category, using the agency’s NPI.
  3. Insurance waivers. Waivers become void when the payee changes, so coverage is verified again and, if needed, the waiver process is repeated (CBO Billing Information for Providers).
  4. Confirm before you accept authorizations. To check that you are enrolled to bill, call the CBO Help Desk at 800-634-8540.

Right Start helps with the credentialing and IMPACT paperwork; the state makes the approval decisions.

Ready to hand off the office work?

See what Right Start handles for independent 1099 therapists and how contracting works.

See how to join Right Start