Provider Billing Help

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• You need a computer with an Internet connection.
• System Compatibility – I Billing is not compatible with the Safari browser. If you experience errors accessing I Billing site try another browser.

• First time using a PIN:
  • You will be prompted to change it.
  • Select a new, six-digit PIN and enter it on the Change PIN screen.
  • Select three security questions and enter responses to each before completing the initial login.
    • Retain the security questions and answers to assist in the future if you forget your PIN. You may also change your PIN or Security Questions at any time by selecting either the "Change PIN" or "Change Security" buttons after selecting "Submit" to login.
    • Call center is not able to access your security question answers or your email used when you create the account.
• PINs must be changed every 180 days.
• PINs cannot be changed to one of the last five previously used PINs.

Urgent News Regarding I-Billing:

Effective August 1st, 2025, I-Billing access will only be available through a MiLogin for Citizens account on MiLogin. Providers who already have MiLogin accounts should add I-Billing to their existing accounts to prepare for this date. If you do not already have a MiLogin account, you will need to create one to continue to access I-Billing. For help creating a MiLogin account, or adding I-Billing to an existing account, please visit Provider Billing Guidance.

Step-by-step billing instructions for providers. These step-by-step instructions explain how to use the I-Billing system to bill for children receiving Child Development and Care (CDC) scholarship. It is important to read the ‘Messages’ when you login for important updates and alerts. when you login.

Step 1

Go to MiLogin. 

• Login to your MiLogin account and select ‘I-Billing’

Step 2

At the CDC Provider Billing & Payment Inquiry Menu, select the pay period you would like to bill for then click the “Work on Billing Invoice” button.

Step 3

Enter the actual in and out times from your records for each child based on Attendance Billing Rules.

• Overnight care example: If a child is in care overnight care from 6:38 PM to 8:04 AM, enter 6:38 PM to 11:59 PM for the first day, then enter 12:00 AM to 8:04 AM for the following day.

• School age example: If a child attends care before school from 7:02 AM to 8:24 AM and after school from 3:43 PM to 5:37 PM, you will enter 7:02 AM to 8:24 AM and then select “more time” and enter 3:43 PM-5:37 PM on the same day.

Step 4

If you provided care for more children than listed on the first page, click the “Next” button under the last child listed on the current page.

Step 5

You may choose to Save and Continue Working or Save and Return to Menu. If you choose to Save and Continue Working, your work will be saved, but it will not be submitted. You will remain on the current page in the I-Billing system. If you choose to Save and Return to Menu your work will be saved, but it will not be submitted. You can go back and finish at a later time.

Step 6

When you have entered all your billing information you must certify that you have read and agreed to the requirements stated in the Child Development and Care (CDC) Handbook:

• You must check the ‘I Certify’ box located at the bottom of the billing screen.

• On the last page of billing you can click on the Submit to MiLEAP.

NOTE: You may submit revised invoices up to 90 days after the end of the pay period.

Step 7

A completed invoice (PDF file) will be available to print for your records. This invoice does not replace your completed time and attendance records that you must retain for four years. To close the PDF file, click the “X” in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. You will then be directed to the I-Billing Main Menu where you can log out of the system.

Step 8

To successfully log out, you must click the Log Out/Exit button located at the bottom right of the main page. Do not use the red close “X” at the top of your browser or you will not log out successfully.

NOTE: For help with I-Billing, you may call Child Development and Care at 866-990-3227 Monday through Friday, except during holidays when State offices are closed.

Before you begin working on a billing that you submitted previously, be sure you have a printed copy for your records. If you do not, use the "View Billing Invoice" button to view and print out the previously submitted bill before you begin working on the revised billing. Only the last submitted Billing/Attendance Invoice (DHS-105) for each pay period is available for viewing.

Across the top of the screen are the buttons to select what you want to do:

• Work on Billing Invoice –
  • Use this button to work on a bill for the first time or to resume working on it before you submit it.
  • You can also use it to work on a revised billing even if you submitted one earlier for the same pay period.
  • The CDC Provider Billing/Attendance Invoice will appear, and you can start working on it.

   

• View Previous Billings –
  • If "Date Reported" has a date in it, you can look at and/or print what you submitted by selecting this button.
  • If there is NO date in "Date Reported" you can see the work, you have done by selecting "Work on Billing Invoice."

   

• View My Last Payment –

• Select this button to view details of your last MiLEAP payment.
•  Please note that if you view this selection early in the week, the payment date and payment numbers may be all zeros. Normally, that means you will receive the payment that week. Payment dates and numbers will appear by Thursday of the week when the payment is produced.

• View Payments by Period –
  • Select a pay period and then select this button to view details of MiLEAP payments issued for care provided in that pay period.
    • As with the "View My Last Payment" function, some payment dates and numbers may be all zeros. Normally, that means you will receive the payment that week. Payment dates and numbers will appear by Thursday of the week when the payment is produced.