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Providers urge stable Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for ABA treatment for autism
Summary
Autism service providers, parents and clinicians asked the subcommittee to implement fee-for-service ABA reimbursement, protect rates from MCO cuts, and expand workforce pathways to increase access for children on Medicaid.
Multiple autism providers and families told the Senate Medicaid subcommittee they are struggling to deliver applied behavior analysis (ABA) under Ohio's current Medicaid arrangements and asked the Senate to adopt amendments to stabilize access.
Marla Root, founder of the Ohio Autism Insurance Coalition, described long waits and low participation by Medicaid providers. She told the committee her group found that just 8 percent of Medicaid-eligible children with autism are receiving ABA, the…
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