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First Step Services, LLC

First Step Services, LLC is a healthcare organization registered as Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor in Garner, NC, holding Type 2 (organization) NPI 1609909076 since 2007. The authorized official on file is W. Tarkington, Executive Director.

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NPI 1609909076
Entity type Organization (Type 2)
Legal business name First Step Services, LLC
Practice address 136 HIGHWAY 70 EAST, SUITE 201, Garner, NC, 27529
Phone 9193299400
Fax 9193299487
Enumeration date 2007-03-14
Last updated in NPPES 2020-08-22

Authorized official

Name W. Tarkington
Title Executive Director
Phone 9198338899

Taxonomy & classification

Taxonomy code Specialty Primary License State
101YA0400X Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor Primary MHL-092-572 NC
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Provider: First Step Services, LLC
NPI: 1609909076
Taxonomy: 101YA0400X (Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor)
Address: 136 HIGHWAY 70 EAST, SUITE 201, Garner, NC, 27529

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What is a Type 2 NPI?
A Type 2 NPI identifies an organization (group practice, hospital, pharmacy, lab), while Type 1 NPIs identify individual providers. Organizations bill under their Type 2 NPI.
What type of organization is First Step Services, LLC?
First Step Services, LLC is registered in NPPES as a Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor (its primary provider taxonomy).

Source: CMS NPPES (public data). Snapshot 2026-07-10. Provider record last updated 2020-08-22.