CEO transition at Ivy Rehab Ivy Rehab has named Jason Strauss its new CEO after the acting CEO, Michael Rucker, announced his plans to retire at the end of April. Strauss has 20 years of experience in the health care industry. Most recently, he served as CEO of ambulatory care provider SCA Health. His resume […]
Autism therapy providers have described workforce trends with out-of-character positivity when analyzing the year that was in 2024. That’s not to say that it was all peaches and cream. Sky-high turnover and workforce-driven margin degradation keep their dominating positions as the industry’s chief concerns. However, several executives Autism Business News contacted for this story described […]
Coral Gables, Florida-based Acorn Health has laid off staff and closed a handful of clinics. The autism therapy provider reworked the structure of its regional management, streamlining its middle management within the company’s management corps. The company says that the move impacted “less than 25 employees.” Acorn Health outright closed its locations in Salem, Virginia, […]
It’s that time of the year to reflect on what was to prepare for what may be coming down the way. Greater pressure for care quality, parental involvement, multidisciplinary services and ever-increasing pressure from regulators and payers made 2024 a year that shows how fast the industry is maturing and how far it still has […]
The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you by Behavioral Health Business, a WTWH Media health care brand. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of behavioral health, home health, hospice, senior housing and skilled nursing care. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit https://futureleaders.agingmedia.com/. Claire […]
Last month, Massachusetts became the first state to require applied behavioral analysis (ABA) providers to become accredited. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services adopted the new rule in October after the Massachusetts attorney general and inspector general questioned the level of quality control at ABA clinics in the past year. Providers who […]
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 […]
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 […]
Autism therapy providers often feel like they find themselves clashing with payer partners to get their clinical hour recommendations. While actions by health plans appear to be pressuring autism therapy providers to provide fewer clinical hours, providers are hoping to get payers onboard with increasingly customized and sophisticated treatment plans. The proliferation of care outcome […]
Value-based contracts that involve autism therapy providers taking on risk can be “wildly beneficial.” The contracting process, however, has its challenges. To ease the complicated process, payers may benefit from creating a value-based “skeleton,” or framework for value-based agreements with payers. Industry insiders stress the importance of providers approaching value-based negotiations with a collaborative mindset. […]
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