After eight years working in the Indiana public schools as a speech-language pathologist (SLP), Ashley Whitaker decided to focus on helping children diagnosed with autism. “Speech is one the first symptoms people recognize in individuals with autism,” Whitaker told Autism Business News. She found a mentor in Janine Shapiro, a speech-language pathologist who had gone […]
The federal government announced in 2014 that Medicaid programs nationwide were required to cover medically necessary diagnostic and treatment services for children with autism. This requirement led to millions of people having access to insurance coverage for applied behavior analysis (ABA) and other autism therapy modalities. Massachusetts’ Medicaid program, MassHealth, has now gone a step […]
More innovative solutions around autism diagnostics are starting to gain momentum. The latest example of this idea: Wyoming’s Medicaid program will cover Cognoa’s Canvas Dx product. According to a Sept. 26 announcement, Wyoming is now the first state to cover Cognoa’s tool for early-autism diagnosis. Dr. Sharief Taraman, CEO of Cognoa, described the move as […]
The need for board-certified behavioral analysts (BCBAs) who provide applied behavior analysis (ABA) has dramatically increased in recent years. In 2023, the number of open job listings for BCBAs even outstripped the total number of practicing clinicians. To help create more BCBAs and create a pipeline of trained clinicians, ABA provider Helping Hands Family has […]
“Masking” or “camouflaging” are behaviors in which autistic individuals exhibit learned behaviors to hide traits that have been deemed different from the neuro-normative standard. These behaviors can greatly impede an autistic individual’s ability to self-regulate, feel confident and advocate for themselves, industry insiders told Autism Business News. They can also keep autistic people from diagnoses, […]
Medicaid reimbursement rates are largely trending upward for autism therapy providers, but burdensome regulations still pose significant hurdles to growth. To overcome these challenges and improve rates, all players in the autism therapy industry, including private equity firms, must become involved in advocacy work, industry insiders said at the Behavioral Health Business Autism & Addiction […]
Multiple autism therapy centers have been connected to a $250 million federal fraud case. A federal child nutrition program enacted by the state of Minnesota was found to have been abused in 2022, with more than $240 million in federal child nutrition program funds being stolen for personal gain. New reporting by the Minnesota Reformer […]
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) and autism diagnosis provider Soar Autism Center has clinched $19.3 million in a funding round. The provider was seeking a total of $20 million, according to SEC documents. Denver, Colorado-based Soar Autism Center provides applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy based on the early start Denver model (ESDM) to children aged 6 and […]
Most parents of infants would welcome predictive testing for autism as young as six months old. That’s despite autism services presently being unavailable for children within that age range, according to a new study published in the Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. “Key insights into the potential benefits and harms of autism prediction in infancy can […]
In 2020, Derek Bullard felt a calling to help children with autism again. As CEO and founder of Already Autism Heath in Georgia, Bullard has watched his latest company grow rapidly since it began four years ago, expanding its initial service to three additional states. But running a new health care company focused on autism […]
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