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HIPAA Meets Generative AI in ABA: The Compliance Minefield Every Practice Using AI Notes Must Navigate

HIPAA Meets Generative AI in ABA: The Compliance Minefield Every Practice Using AI Notes Must Navigate

April 10, 2026 · 12:01 PM

AI-powered session note tools are transforming ABA documentation, promising to cut non-billable hours and reduce administrative burden. But every AI system that processes protected health information — session recordings, client data, behavioral…

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Robert W. Baird: The Milwaukee-Based Employee-Owned Firm Whose Baird Capital Has Invested Directly in ABA—and Whose Investment Banking Arm Covers Healthcare Services M&A Broadly

Robert W. Baird: The Milwaukee-Based Employee-Owned Firm Whose Baird Capital Has Invested Directly in ABA—and Whose Investment Banking Arm Covers Healthcare Services M&A Broadly

April 10, 2026 · 8:00 AM

Robert W. Baird is one of the most distinctive names in the ABA advisory landscape because of a specific institutional characteristic that no other investment bank in this series shares: Baird Capital,…

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Lincoln International: The Global Middle Market Boutique Whose Healthcare Services Practice – and ABA-Inclusive Behavioral Health Coverage – Reaches Buyers on Four Continents

Lincoln International: The Global Middle Market Boutique Whose Healthcare Services Practice – and ABA-Inclusive Behavioral Health Coverage – Reaches Buyers on Four Continents

April 9, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Lincoln International is one of the most active global middle market M&A advisory firms in the world, with a healthcare services practice that covers behavioral health including applied behavior analysis. Founded in…

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The Abolition vs. Reform Debate in ABA: Can Applied Behavior Analysis Be Made Neurodiversity-Affirming, or Is That a Fundamental Contradiction?

The Abolition vs. Reform Debate in ABA: Can Applied Behavior Analysis Be Made Neurodiversity-Affirming, or Is That a Fundamental Contradiction?

April 9, 2026 · 12:01 PM

The neurodiversity movement has split into two distinct critiques of ABA therapy. Reformists argue that ABA can evolve to center autistic perspectives, client assent, and quality of life while retaining its scientific…

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Indiana’s 4,000-Hour Lifetime Cap: The Most Aggressive ABA Utilization Control in the Country

Indiana’s 4,000-Hour Lifetime Cap: The Most Aggressive ABA Utilization Control in the Country

April 6, 2026 · 12:01 PM

Effective April 1, 2026, Indiana imposed a lifetime allocation of 4,000 hours of ABA therapy for children on Medicaid — the most aggressive utilization control any state has enacted. After exhausting the…

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Wisconsin’s $18.5 Million ABA Audit: 100 Out of 100 Sampled Claims Had Errors – and the State Only Partially Concurred

Wisconsin’s $18.5 Million ABA Audit: 100 Out of 100 Sampled Claims Had Errors – and the State Only Partially Concurred

April 6, 2026 · 8:00 AM

Wisconsin’s ABA Medicaid spending rose from $39.9 million in 2018 to $53.7 million in 2022. The HHS-OIG audit found that all 100 sampled enrollee-months contained at least one improper or potentially improper…

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2026: The Year ABA Must Prove Its Value or Watch Payers Prove It for Them

2026: The Year ABA Must Prove Its Value or Watch Payers Prove It for Them

April 5, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Industry insiders are warning that the ABA sector faces a reckoning in 2026 as payers of all types seek to control runaway spending. Reimbursement rates are declining, authorized hours are being cut,…

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The Parity Enforcement Vacuum: Trump Administration Pauses the 2024 MHPAEA Final Rule, Leaving States as Sole Enforcers – With ABA Specifically in the Crosshairs

The Parity Enforcement Vacuum: Trump Administration Pauses the 2024 MHPAEA Final Rule, Leaving States as Sole Enforcers – With ABA Specifically in the Crosshairs

April 5, 2026 · 2:00 PM

The Trump administration has paused enforcement of the 2024 final rule implementing the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, eliminating the federal compliance requirements that the rule had imposed on commercial…

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The BCBA Burnout Crisis: 58% Have Considered Leaving, One-Third Under Extreme Stress for Two Years, and 32% Credentialed in the Last Five

The BCBA Burnout Crisis: 58% Have Considered Leaving, One-Third Under Extreme Stress for Two Years, and 32% Credentialed in the Last Five

April 5, 2026 · 12:01 PM

More than half of BCBAs have considered leaving the profession. One-third report extreme stress that has persisted for two years or more. And 32 percent of all currently practicing BCBAs received their…

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Minnesota’s EIDBI Fraud Ring: Kickbacks, Fabricated Diagnoses, and $14 Million Drained from an Autism Therapy Program

Minnesota’s EIDBI Fraud Ring: Kickbacks, Fabricated Diagnoses, and $14 Million Drained from an Autism Therapy Program

April 5, 2026 · 8:00 AM

Federal prosecutors in Minnesota have charged multiple defendants in a coordinated fraud scheme targeting the state’s Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention program, which funds ABA and related services for autistic individuals.…

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Half of U.S. Counties Have No BCBA. Demand Hit 132,307 Job Postings in 2025. Can Telehealth Close the Gap?

Half of U.S. Counties Have No BCBA. Demand Hit 132,307 Job Postings in 2025. Can Telehealth Close the Gap?

April 4, 2026 · 6:00 PM

BACB and Lightcast data show BCBA job listings surged 28 percent in 2025 to 132,307 open positions, even as the growth rate moderated from the prior year’s 58 percent increase. A TYGES…

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New RBT Standards Took Effect in January 2026. The Question for ABA Providers Is Who Bears the Cost.

New RBT Standards Took Effect in January 2026. The Question for ABA Providers Is Who Bears the Cost.

April 4, 2026 · 2:00 PM

The Behavior Analyst Certification Board’s updated RBT requirements-a new 40-hour training curriculum, biennial renewal cycles, 12 hours of professional development units, and increased fees-are now in effect. For an industry already managing…

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VERTESS Was Named the #1 Lower Middle Market Investment Bank by Axial and Has Built a Dedicated ABA and I/DD Transaction Practice

VERTESS Was Named the #1 Lower Middle Market Investment Bank by Axial and Has Built a Dedicated ABA and I/DD Transaction Practice

April 4, 2026 · 12:02 PM

Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas with offices across 11 cities, VERTESS is a healthcare-focused M&A advisory firm that was named the number one lower middle market investment bank for Q1 2024 by…

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Drew Taff Moves Healthcare M&A From the Middle Market to the Closing Table

Drew Taff Moves Healthcare M&A From the Middle Market to the Closing Table

April 4, 2026 · 8:00 AM

He started as an analyst at a boutique healthcare bank in Atlanta, rode an acquisition into a group with one of the largest banks in the country, and has spent his entire…

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Mary Baldwin University MS in ABA: $495 Per Credit, ABAI-Verified, and a Two-Year Virginia Program That Earns Its Place in the Value Tier

Mary Baldwin University MS in ABA: $495 Per Credit, ABAI-Verified, and a Two-Year Virginia Program That Earns Its Place in the Value Tier

April 2, 2026 · 2:00 PM

Mary Baldwin University’s MS in Applied Behavior Analysis sits in a distinctive market position: ABAI-verified at $495 per credit hour, 37 credits to completion, and a two-year timeline from a private Virginia…

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University of Missouri-St. Louis MS in ABA: The Accessibility Play – Low Cost, High Admission Rate, and a Research University Credential

University of Missouri-St. Louis MS in ABA: The Accessibility Play – Low Cost, High Admission Rate, and a Research University Credential

April 2, 2026 · 12:01 PM

The University of Missouri–St. Louis MS in Applied Behavior Analysis is positioned as one of the least expensive and most accessible graduate ABA programs available — a combination that is rarer than…

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ABA Technologies and Operant Innovations: How a Melbourne, Florida, Company Built ABA’s Most Influential Professional Development Pipeline

ABA Technologies and Operant Innovations: How a Melbourne, Florida, Company Built ABA’s Most Influential Professional Development Pipeline

April 2, 2026 · 8:00 AM

Founded in 1997 by the late Dr. Jose Martinez-Diaz, ABA Technologies has grown from a Florida Institute of Technology partnership into a national platform for online ABA education, continuing education, and professional…

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Eileen Shaklee Built Autism with a Side of Fries into One of the Longest-Running Parent Advocacy Platforms in the Autism Community

Eileen Shaklee Built Autism with a Side of Fries into One of the Longest-Running Parent Advocacy Platforms in the Autism Community

April 2, 2026 · 6:00 AM

Known to nearly 100,000 Facebook followers as Mama Fry, Eileen Shaklee has spent more than a decade translating the daily realities of raising an autistic son into a humor-driven, community-building media presence.…

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Matt Cicoria and the Behavioral Observations Podcast: A Decade of Long-Form Conversations That Shaped ABA’s Professional Culture

Matt Cicoria and the Behavioral Observations Podcast: A Decade of Long-Form Conversations That Shaped ABA’s Professional Culture

April 1, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Since 2016, Matt Cicoria has hosted the Behavioral Observations Podcast, an interview-based show that has become one of the most widely listened-to ABA podcasts among clinicians. With more than 200 episodes and…

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Dr. Nasiah Cirincione-Ulezi: The BCBA Leading ABA’s Reckoning with Diversity, Equity, and Cultural Humility

Dr. Nasiah Cirincione-Ulezi: The BCBA Leading ABA’s Reckoning with Diversity, Equity, and Cultural Humility

April 1, 2026 · 2:00 PM

Dr. Nasiah Cirincione-Ulezi is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, university faculty director, organizational founder, and one of the most frequently cited voices on diversity, equity, and inclusion in applied behavior analysis. As…

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Frank Campagna and Autism Daddy: The Sesame Street Producer Who Built One of Autism’s Most Unfiltered Parent Platforms

Frank Campagna and Autism Daddy: The Sesame Street Producer Who Built One of Autism’s Most Unfiltered Parent Platforms

April 1, 2026 · 12:01 PM

Frank Campagna has worked at Sesame Workshop for more than two decades and produced the Emmy-nominated autism initiative that introduced the character Julia to millions of families. Under the name Autism Daddy,…

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Bay Path University MS in ABA: Four Concentrations, BACB 2027 Fieldwork Alignment, and a Program Built for Where the Field Is Going

Bay Path University MS in ABA: Four Concentrations, BACB 2027 Fieldwork Alignment, and a Program Built for Where the Field Is Going

April 1, 2026 · 8:00 AM

Bay Path University’s MS in Applied Behavior Analysis offers four distinct concentration tracks — Autism Spectrum Disorders, Applied Verbal Behavior, Trauma-Informed Practice, and Supervision and OBM — and has aligned its fieldwork…

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Wayne State University MS in ABA: Five Semesters, Fieldwork Woven In, and a Discussion-Based Design That Changes How Students Learn

Wayne State University MS in ABA: Five Semesters, Fieldwork Woven In, and a Discussion-Based Design That Changes How Students Learn

March 31, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Wayne State University’s MS in Applied Behavior Analysis is built on a structure that most online programs do not attempt: a discussion-based pedagogy, a cohort model, fieldwork integrated throughout the five-semester curriculum…

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University of South Florida MA in ABA: The Cohort Model, Small Classes, and Why Faculty Access Matters

University of South Florida MA in ABA: The Cohort Model, Small Classes, and Why Faculty Access Matters

March 31, 2026 · 2:00 PM

The University of South Florida’s MA in Applied Behavior Analysis is built around a cohort enrollment model with small class sizes and a deliberate emphasis on faculty-student engagement. In a market where…

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Purdue University Global MS in ABA: $420 Per Credit, ABAI-Verified, and One Year to Finish

Purdue University Global MS in ABA: $420 Per Credit, ABAI-Verified, and One Year to Finish

March 31, 2026 · 12:01 PM

Purdue University Global’s MS in Applied Behavior Analysis pairs one of the lowest per-credit tuition rates among ABAI-verified programs with an average completion time of one year and the Purdue name —…

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Joy F. Johnson: The Autistic BCBA Redefining What Affirming ABA Practice Looks Like

Joy F. Johnson: The Autistic BCBA Redefining What Affirming ABA Practice Looks Like

March 31, 2026 · 8:00 AM

Joy F. Johnson is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, clinical director, adjunct professor, and founder of Spectrum Support in Baltimore. She is also autistic. As a Black, Autistic, and Jewish woman working…

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Rob Gorski and The Autism Dad: How a Single Father’s Blog Became a Lifeline for Autism Parents Worldwide

Rob Gorski and The Autism Dad: How a Single Father’s Blog Became a Lifeline for Autism Parents Worldwide

March 30, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Rob Gorski has been documenting his life as a single father to three autistic sons in Canton, Ohio, since 2010. Through his blog, podcast, and social media presence, The Autism Dad has…

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Arizona State University MA in Special Education with ABA Concentration: The Scale Play – and What It Costs

Arizona State University MA in Special Education with ABA Concentration: The Scale Play – and What It Costs

March 30, 2026 · 2:00 PM

Arizona State University’s online MA in Special Education with an ABA concentration offers BACB Pathway 2 eligibility, a 10-course structure, and public university tuition in one of the most recognized online graduate…

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Drexel University MS in ABA: Quarter Terms, ABAI Verification, and Two Specializations That Go Beyond the Standard Curriculum

Drexel University MS in ABA: Quarter Terms, ABAI Verification, and Two Specializations That Go Beyond the Standard Curriculum

March 30, 2026 · 12:01 PM

Drexel University’s online MS in Applied Behavior Analysis is structured around a quarter-term calendar that compresses the academic year into four 10-week sessions - a format that accelerates content delivery and suits…

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Dr. Jonathan Tarbox: The Academic Who Brought ACT Into ABA’s Mainstream

Dr. Jonathan Tarbox: The Academic Who Brought ACT Into ABA’s Mainstream

March 30, 2026 · 8:00 AM

As Program Director of USC’s Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis, past Editor-in-Chief of Behavior Analysis in Practice, and author of five books, Dr. Jonathan Tarbox has become one of the…

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