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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 -32 days6 entries
Ownership & Structure · Illinois

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

Deadline in 135 days3 entries
Medicaid & Insurance · Georgia

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

Updated 68d ago6 entries
Medicaid & Insurance · Multi-state

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

Updated 134d ago5 entries

Latest updates

Dossier update49d 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 update67d agoCapture confirmed in the enrolled act
Colorado reclassifies center based ABA clinics as day treatment facilities
Dossier update68d agoLawmakers confront CareSource as clinics turn away patients
Georgia's dominant Medicaid payer cuts ABA rates 20% with no exit for providers
Dossier update92d agoGovernor Polis signs House Bill 26-1425 into law
Colorado reclassifies center based ABA clinics as day treatment facilities
Dossier update97d agoCareSource executive: we do not need all these providers
Georgia's dominant Medicaid payer cuts ABA rates 20% with no exit for providers
Dossier update112d agoHouse passes on third reading, 45 to 19
Colorado reclassifies center based ABA clinics as day treatment facilities
Dossier update114d agoThe 20 percent cut takes effect; Peach State follows
Georgia's dominant Medicaid payer cuts ABA rates 20% with no exit for providers
Dossier update126d agoClears first House committee
Colorado reclassifies center based ABA clinics as day treatment facilities
Dossier update132d agoThe transition freezes: incumbents extended through June 2027
Georgia's dominant Medicaid payer cuts ABA rates 20% with no exit for providers
Dossier update134d 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 update159d 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 update184d 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 update213d 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 update244d 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 update275d 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 update419d agoWisconsin becomes the third audit; the pattern holds
Federal auditors are sweeping state Medicaid ABA programs, and the refunds are stacking up
Dossier update615d 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 update1682d 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