Technology

Charm City Autism Works to Create Intake Automation to Cut Waits

September 24, 2026 · 10:00 AM

Director Akiva Schwartz says the innovation in his intake system is what reaches his billing company within three minutes after a family hits submit. The two-week-to-treatment goal is still the target.

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Hi Rasmus Receives Eye-Popping $50 Million Growth-Equity Investment From Updata

September 9, 2026 · 9:00 AM

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 states to improve Medicaid oversight of ABA, highlighting…

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How Artemis Rebuilt Its ABA Software Around AI — and Let a BCBA Draw the Guardrails

July 31, 2026 · 9:00 AM

Artemis spent the past year rebuilding its practice-management platform with an AI-first approach, pushing automation into treatment plans, session notes, prior authorization, and scheduling. What keeps the product from tripping the confidentiality…

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Balance Autism Agrees to Pay Up to $290,000 Over Data Breach

July 30, 2026 · 4:30 PM

A mediated agreement, pending a judge’s approval, would end the Iowa nonprofit’s class action. The deal includes credit monitoring, estimated payments of $50, and a fee request of up to $125,000. Just…

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What is going on with the BACB Website?

July 2, 2026 · 2:15 PM

The new portal went live June 29, but this is far from the first failed launch attempt. Since then, certificants with expiring credentials and blocked exam registrations say they cannot reach anyone.

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Google’s Workspace AI Enters ABA Therapy Clinics Short on Proof

June 8, 2026 · 12:01 PM

Since early 2025, Gemini has come bundled into the Workspace plans many clinics already pay for. The efficiency pitch is loudest where the risk runs highest, in clinical documentation, and quietest on…

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CereAura Seeks to Provide AI-Driven Insights for Autism Diagnosis and Therapy

June 6, 2026 · 7:00 PM

A Dubai company’s new platform pitches a fix for fragmented autism care. Its own fine print is more modest, and the field’s only FDA-cleared tool needed a multi-site trial to earn the…

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Back Office or Client-Facing? Behavior Analysts Debate Where AI Belongs in the ABA Clinic

June 2, 2026 · 12:26 PM

A Miami podcast brought two BCBAs together with a behavior analyst who builds AI tools, capturing the question now facing every ABA clinic: not whether to use artificial intelligence, but where to…

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Autism Pathways App Launches With 50-State Waiver Directory

June 1, 2026 · 6:30 PM

A solo Colorado parent’s June 1 release targets the Medicaid-application and HCBS-waiver bottlenecks that have stranded families on autism-serving waitlists averaging more than five years. It enters a market where roughly 711,000…

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Motivity Buys Calmanac, Adding to ABA Software Consolidation

May 26, 2026 · 7:30 PM

The Hawaii-based clinical data vendor, fresh off a $27 million Five Elms growth round, takes full ownership of the practice management platform it began integrating in 2023. The acquisition removes another independent…

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AI-Enabled ABA Therapy Tools Are Outpacing Structural And Regulatory Frameworks Required For Their Proper Use

May 26, 2026 · 4:34 PM

A new podcast episode featuring an ABA-specific AI founder is the latest sign that vendors are arriving in clinics faster than peer-reviewed evidence, BACB guidance, or payer documentation rules can catch up.

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Why ABA Scheduling Is the Industry’s Hardest AI Problem

May 20, 2026 · 1:30 PM

Matching the right RBT to the right client in real time, while reconciling credentials, authorization caps, drive time, supervision rules, and family preferences, is one of the most complex operational challenges in…

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Why 4,000 ABA Practices Run on Disconnected Software Stacks

May 18, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Applied behavior analysis is one of the most data-intensive therapies in healthcare. Yet clinical data collection tools do not natively integrate with billing and practice management systems, forcing thousands of practices to…

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ABA Providers Turn to Parent Portals to Boost Retention Rates

May 15, 2026 · 12:01 PM

With nearly half of children exiting ABA services within two years, companies like CentralReach and Rethink aim to enhance family engagement through new dashboards.

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Anna Health Secures $9.26 Million for Innovative Autism Therapy

May 14, 2026 · 12:23 PM

The Sudbury startup aims to transform autism services with naturalistic, play-based interventions, attracting significant venture capital investment.

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AlohaABA Offers Affordable Software for Small ABA Practices

May 13, 2026 · 4:00 PM

The California-based platform provides an integrated solution for scheduling, billing, and EMR at 30% below market average, targeting small and mid-size practices.

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Wearable Biosensors Predict Aggressive Behavior in Youths

May 6, 2026 · 12:01 PM

A study reveals biosensors can forecast aggression in autistic youths, advancing biometric monitoring in ABA therapy amid ethical and regulatory challenges.

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AnswersNow Secures $40 Million to Transform Virtual ABA Therapy

April 20, 2026 · 6:00 PM

HealthQuest Capital leads significant investment in AI-driven ABA model, challenging traditional therapy delivery methods and costs.

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Motivity, Hi Rasmus, CentralReach Battle for BCBA Dominance

April 18, 2026 · 12:01 PM

Three platforms vie for BCBA adoption with distinct approaches to data collection, impacting clinical practice across the ABA industry.

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ACES Pioneers Value-Based Care in ABA with New Agreements

April 17, 2026 · 6:00 PM

The ABA provider's partnerships demand advanced technology for outcome-driven care, reshaping industry standards and practices.

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Hi Rasmus Transforms ABA Software with Unmatched Customization

April 17, 2026 · 2:00 PM

The company enhances its platform with AI tools and new features, aiming to elevate clinical outcomes and operational efficiency for ABA organizations.

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Generative AI and Session Notes: The ABA Admin Task That AI Is Eating First

April 11, 2026 · 12:01 PM

BCBA administrative burden averages 20+ hours per week. Eighty percent of session notes fail at least one payer requirement. And 75% of ABA organizations purchased AI-enabled tools in the last year. Session…

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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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Meet the Digital Marketing Agency Sending Shockwaves Through ABA—and Why the Practices Using Them Can’t Stop Their Phones From Ringing

April 10, 2026 · 10:50 AM

The digital landscape in ABA is shifting faster than most practice owners realize. Organic search, pay-per-click, AI-powered recommendations, local search optimization — the companies that have embraced these channels with the right…

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AI Autism Screening Tools: Three Startups, One FDA Question, and a Lot of Families Hoping

March 27, 2026 · 8:00 AM

A growing number of companies are building AI-powered tools that promise to cut the time between first concern and autism diagnosis from years to weeks. Cognoa’s Canvas Dx became the first to…

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Telehealth ABA: What the Post-COVID Data Actually Shows About Outcomes

March 22, 2026 · 12:01 PM

The industry expanded into telehealth in 2020 out of necessity. Five years later, behavioral health telehealth visits dropped by 10 million in a single year, Optum shuttered its virtual care business, and…

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The ABA EHR Wars: Why No Electronic Health Record Has Cracked the Market

March 21, 2026 · 12:01 PM

The ABA therapy industry runs on software that was not designed for it, software that was designed for it but does not do everything it needs to, or some brittle combination of…

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AI in ABA: The Five Companies That Are Actually Using It

March 21, 2026 · 8:00 AM

Every ABA software company claims to use artificial intelligence. Most are describing basic automation with a marketing department.

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Ripley Fieldwork Tracker Surpasses 80,000 Users, Cementing Its Position as the Leading Platform for ABA Fieldwork Tracking

February 23, 2026 · 12:20 PM

New 2026 updates will make the experience even more intuitive for supervisees, supervisors, employers, and graduate programs.

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