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One Specialist per 100,000 Children: Soar Built Its Own Developmental-Pediatrics Team
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About 600 young patients have been seen since the fall 2025 launch, mostly by telehealth with pediatric nurse practitioners.
Kern Cut H0046 From ABA Contracts in February. CHG Withdrew Its Cutoff, CalABA Says.
The association reported the reversal on October 14 after it and San Diego providers raised concerns with the plan and state Medi-Cal officials.
Will Cortica’s EEG Deal Predict ABA Response? If so, it Could Revolutionize The Field of ABA
AI developer Neumarker will explore pairing its brain-wave model with de-identified data from a provider that says it serves more than 20,000 patients a…
Business
See all BusinessA Year of ABA, Then a $1.48 Million Demand From The Perfect Child
Two Tennessee families say the Brooklyn provider demanded six- and seven-figure sums after their insurers began denying its claims.
First Children Services Lowered BCBA Billing Targets. BCBA Turnover Plummeted and Hours Rose
Inside the June Collapse of Stepping Stones Behavioral Solutions
Iska and Bright Horizon Drew $34 Million From Medicaid. Then Agents Came With Search Warrants.
Six state and federal agencies searched Iska and Bright Horizon Therapy Center on October 29. Minnesota had already cut Iska from Medicaid in May…
Georgia Senator Calls Amerigroup’s 30% ABA Technician Rate Cut ‘Indefensible.’ Amerigroup Calls It ‘Clinically Defensible.’
Investors Double Down on Brellium With $23 Million for AI That Audits Every Note
A Canary in the Coal Mine? Focused Behavior Solutions Files Chapter 11
The company’s bankruptcy schedules list owner Rachel Pope as also liable for about $153,000 of its debt.
Hope Network, A Nonprofit, Acquires a Three-Clinic Michigan Autism Practice
North Carolina’s ABA Therapy Bill Exploded. Alliance Health Signed Cortica to Rein It In
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See all Private EquityAlabama OT Says She Quit After a PE-Backed Buyer Added ABA Over Her Objection
In an Alabama Reflector essay, Rachel Ashcraft tells families to ask who owns their child’s practice and who profits.
Two Centers to Five in Three Months: Behavior Frontiers Bets Big on Sacramento
Pediatric Therapy Dealmaking Holds Steady in 2026, Despite a Slower Third Quarter
Able Autism Plans Clinic in Clear Lake/Webster, Where PE‑Backed Chains Operate
The Georgia franchisor reports seven locations, two without listed street addresses. Action Behavior Centers said in June that it had more than 400.
Prosper Health Just Raised $10 Million. Eyes Expansion Into Other Adjacent Verticals
PE Investments in ABA and Pediatric Therapy Are Maturing: What Longer Holding Periods May Mean
Cathay Capital Launches Ascendia Autism Care ABA Platform
The founding affiliate operates 20 centers across 8 states and has a clinical team of over 400, though the launch release does not name…
Leonard Green’s Stepping Stones Rolled Up School-Based ABA
What ABA Founders Who Sold to Roll-Ups Actually Got
Policy & Regulation
See all PolicyMichigan Tells Medicaid Plans: ABA Discharge Can’t Run on a Clock
A new state bulletin also ends routine re-diagnosis and drops the physical exam once required before treatment could start.
Virginia’s Draft ABA Rules: In-Person Autism Evaluations and 20 Hour Caps for ABA
Minnesota Autism Supervisor From Arizona Charged in Alleged $7.7 Million Medicaid Scheme
Alabama Mental Health Department Lists Dec. 15 Renewal Deadline for Behavior Analysts
The department now oversees licensing, while the former licensing board serves as an advisory council.
Judge Voids New York’s Early Intervention Telehealth Rate Cuts, Citing Unsupported Calculations
Molina Called Its Florida Kids’ Plan Launch “Nearly Flawless.” ABA Providers Report Not Getting Paid
The ‘Flanagan-Linked’ Autism Center, Checked: A Friendship, a Termination Notice, No Public Fraud Finding
Headlines called it a fraud probe reaching the Senate nominee’s inner circle. The record shows a revalidation termination under appeal, an open file DHS…
No Hearing, No Weekly Cap: Arizona’s Proposed ABA Rule Projects $46.5 Million in Savings
Arkansas Created a Master’s-Level Psychology License. Its Autism Panel Wants It Counted for Waivers.
Tech
See all TechBaltimore’s Charm City Autism Rebuilds Its Automation System to Give ABA Staff More Time for Families
Charm City Autism's updated technology carries information into documents, tracks signatures, and reduces repeated administrative steps. His goal is to make the work behind getting families into care…
The Session Note Came First. CentralReach’s AI Now Drafts the ABA Reauthorization Report.
Charm City Autism Works to Create Intake Automation to Cut Waits
Hi Rasmus Receives Eye-Popping $50 Million Growth-Equity Investment From Updata
Hi Rasmus, a founder-led clinical platform, raised its first growth-equity round from Updata, a major software investor. The round follows new CMS guidance urging…
How Artemis Rebuilt Its ABA Software Around AI — and Let a BCBA Draw the Guardrails
Balance Autism Agrees to Pay Up to $290,000 Over Data Breach
What is going on with the BACB Website?
The new portal went live June 29, but this is far from the first failed launch attempt. Since then, certificants with expiring credentials and…
Google’s Workspace AI Enters ABA Therapy Clinics Short on Proof
CereAura Seeks to Provide AI-Driven Insights for Autism Diagnosis and Therapy
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Opinion
See all Opinion“Is This Working for My Child?” Deserves a Faster Answer
Bierman Autism Centers’ chief clinical officer makes the case for Clinical Velocity, a measure of how fast children master treatment targets, reviewed every few days.
What If We Built ABA and Autism Care Around the Patient?
What I Told The Florida ABA Task Force About Defining The Purpose of ABA Therapy
BCBAs & RBTs — Before You Leave an ABA Organization, Ask Yourself These Questions
Clinicians can be under-supported, under-skilled, or both, Paul Gavoni argues, so the scrutiny has to cover the employer and the employee.
Paul Gavoni: Hold People Accountable, but Hold Yourself Accountable First
The Wrong ABA Providers May Be Winning – and Payers Are Helping. Quality Metrics Can Change That
The Goal of ABA Isn’t Great Therapy. It’s Making Therapy Unnecessary.
Let’s be honest about how we teach ethics in behavior analysis. Right now, it looks a lot like driver’s ed. We give students a…
Your Plan Got Approved on a Friday. That’s Not a Compliment.
Why Autism Care Needs to Grow Up and Work Together
Clinical Practice
See all ClinicalWeathers Pediatric Therapy Shuts Sellersburg ABA Clinic, Texting 14 Employees on a Friday
Thomas says patients who followed two new hires to her Sellersburg, Indiana, clinic looked to insurers like they were being treated in two places.
Two Seats, Two Weeks: BACB Opens Nominations for Its 2027 Board of Directors
Ferster and Skinner's 1957 Book Charted the Schedules ABA Uses to Thin Reinforcement
Felony Counts for Action Behavior Centers Tech Accused of Assaulting Two Children
Khamara Holmes faces two felony counts for alleged assaults on children. She denies the allegations through her attorney, and the company says she no…
Five Intake Mistakes That Undermine Your Process And Keep ABA Families Waiting
B.F. Skinner Series: Reinforcement, Punishment, Extinction, and Shaping in ABA
ABA Therapist Charged With Battery After Video Shows 5-Year-Old Client Thrown Into Shelf
A Johns Creek, Georgia, autism center called a client’s forehead laceration an accident and, the family says, twice declined to show them the surveillance…
Aveanna Occupational Therapist Charged in Abuse of Autistic Patient
Marcus Autism Center Study Finds 91% Drop in Severe Behavior
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Research
See all ResearchUSF’s ABA Program Turns 20 With an Award-Winning Path From RBT to Doctorate
Founded in 2006 with a single master’s degree, the program earned a national honor this year for its lasting contributions to behavior analysis.
Brin's $46 Million UCSF Drug Hunt Targets Autism. Any Medicine Intervention May Be Years Away.
Six Meta-Analyses, Same Direction: Children in Comprehensive Early ABA Scored Higher on IQ, Other Skills
How to Improve Your Game Using ABA From Dr. O’Donnell
The behavior analyst has spent years testing whether the science behind his clinical work can sharpen a pool break or a golf swing. His…
New Genome Study Adds to the Case for Many Autisms
ARIA Awards Boston Children’s $17.25 Million for Autism Trial Network
Parent-Led Feeding Program Employing ABA Principles Raises Food Acceptance in Autistic Children
A ten-week German university program trained parents as co-therapists and lifted new-food acceptance from under 15% to above 76% in three children with ASD,…
Brain Connectivity Marks Two Biological Autism Subtypes
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