Information for Early Steps Providers

This page serves as a resource for Early Steps Providers. Contained on this page are online resources, frequently used form, provider enrollment information and links to useful websites. If you have questions, please contact Sandra Whittington.

Online Resources

Frequently Used Forms

WCES Provider Enrollment Application	Word	PDF
Three and Nine Month Progress Updates	Word	PDF
EI Therapy Session	Word	PDF
Service Initiation Report	Word	PDF
Consultation Documentation	Word	PDF
IFSP Participation Documentation		PDF
Level II FBI Background Screening	Word	PDF

Provider Enrollment Status 

To check provider enrollment status, send an email to cmsproviderhelp@doh.state.fl.us or call (850) 245-4215.

Links To Useful Websites

• CMS Provider Management - applications, new and update, Provider Search
• CMS Provider Homepage - Handbooks, Enrollment Checklists
• Early Steps Homepage
• Early Steps Policy Handbook and Operations Guide and Forms
• Early Steps Training Modules
• Early Steps Taxonomy Codes
• Early Steps Weekly Memos
• Medicaid Homepage
• Medicaid Fees,  Forms
• Medicaid Enrollment
• Medicaid Homepage for Area 5 (Pinellas & Pasco)
• Medicaid Homepage for Area 3b (Citrus & Hernando)
• ICD-9 Codes
• National Provider Identifier (NPI)
• Riverside Publishing (BDI-2)

More Information

Most services will be early intervention home visits. Click on the links below for a short video that demonstrates and explains early intervention home visits.

The internet link below is a short video provided by the Connecticut Birth to Three System. It demonstrates and explains early intervention home visits: 

Click Here to View in English >>  

Click Here to View in Spanish >>

These links are being provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by All Children's Hospital or the Florida Department of Health of any of the products, services or opinions of the corporation or organization or individual. All Children's Hospital and the Florida Department of Health bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of the external site or for that of subsequent links. Contact the external site for answers to questions regarding its content.