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Live regulatory, payer, and enforcement developments for ABA operators. Each one read to primary law, dated, and tracked as it moves.

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Facility & HIPAA · Colorado

Colorado reclassifies center based ABA clinics as day treatment facilities

Deadline in 12 days6 entries
Ownership & Structure · Illinois

Illinois requires every ABA owner to be a licensed analyst, or divest by January 2027

Deadline in 179 days3 entries
Medicaid & Insurance · Georgia

Georgia's dominant Medicaid payer cuts ABA rates 20% with no exit for providers

Updated 24d ago6 entries
Medicaid & Insurance · Multi-state

Federal auditors are sweeping state Medicaid ABA programs, and the refunds are stacking up

Updated 90d ago5 entries

Latest updates

Dossier update5d agoRepeal bills pending, but the divestment clock keeps running
Illinois requires every ABA owner to be a licensed analyst, or divest by January 2027
Dossier update23d agoCapture confirmed in the enrolled act
Colorado reclassifies center based ABA clinics as day treatment facilities
Dossier update24d agoLawmakers confront CareSource as clinics turn away patients
Georgia's dominant Medicaid payer cuts ABA rates 20% with no exit for providers
Dossier update48d agoGovernor Polis signs House Bill 26-1425 into law
Colorado reclassifies center based ABA clinics as day treatment facilities
Dossier update53d agoCareSource executive: we do not need all these providers
Georgia's dominant Medicaid payer cuts ABA rates 20% with no exit for providers
Dossier update68d agoHouse passes on third reading, 45 to 19
Colorado reclassifies center based ABA clinics as day treatment facilities
Dossier update70d agoThe 20 percent cut takes effect; Peach State follows
Georgia's dominant Medicaid payer cuts ABA rates 20% with no exit for providers
Dossier update88d agoThe transition freezes: incumbents extended through June 2027
Georgia's dominant Medicaid payer cuts ABA rates 20% with no exit for providers
Dossier update90d agoCMS orders all 50 states to submit provider revalidation plans
Federal auditors are sweeping state Medicaid ABA programs, and the refunds are stacking up
Dossier update115d agoCareSource issues the cut by certified mail, no negotiation offered
Georgia's dominant Medicaid payer cuts ABA rates 20% with no exit for providers
Dossier update140d agoColorado audit: $77.8 million improper, all 100 sampled months flagged
Federal auditors are sweeping state Medicaid ABA programs, and the refunds are stacking up
Dossier update169d agoRepeal effort introduced: SB 3807 and HB 5171 Source: Illinois General Assembly, HB 5171 status
Illinois requires every ABA owner to be a licensed analyst, or divest by January 2027
Dossier update200d agoSection 150 becomes law Source: 225 ILCS 6/150
Illinois requires every ABA owner to be a licensed analyst, or divest by January 2027
Dossier update231d agoThe market trap is set: two of three incumbents lose their bids
Georgia's dominant Medicaid payer cuts ABA rates 20% with no exit for providers
Dossier update375d agoWisconsin becomes the third audit; the pattern holds
Federal auditors are sweeping state Medicaid ABA programs, and the refunds are stacking up
Dossier update571d agoThe first audit lands: Indiana, and every sampled month is flagged
Federal auditors are sweeping state Medicaid ABA programs, and the refunds are stacking up
Dossier update1638d agoThe OIG announces it will audit ABA in a series of states
Federal auditors are sweeping state Medicaid ABA programs, and the refunds are stacking up