Tennessee becomes the 50th state to ensure commercial insurance and employer-based insurance carriers, regulated by the state, offer mental health treatment benefits for autism, such as ABA. Thank you to the Tennessee Department of Insurance! Read the full bulletin.
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The Coalition and Ohio Families are so thankful for the support of Senators Hottinger, Dolan, Burke, Thomas, Hackett, Kunze, Antonio and others who listened to families stories of the incredible struggle and heartbreak of giving up custody to children services to access residential mental health treatment. The Ohio Autism Insurance Coalition is a proud member
Published: 06/12/19 09:41 am EDT, Updated: 06/12/19 05:54 pm EDT COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The State Medical Board of Ohio has postponed a vote on adding anxiety and autism spectrum disorder to the state’s list of qualifying conditions for purchasing medical marijuana. Board President Dr. Michael Schottenstein said Wednesday the vote would be delayed to give two new board
March 12, 2019 (ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced $22 million in new funding to county mental health and recovery boards for crisis stabilization upcoming 2020-2021 budget biennium. “Crisis services are often costly and may differ drastically among communities,” said Governor DeWine. “The flexibility of this crisis stabilization funding will help local boards
The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services is setting aside $3 million to help cover treatment and support services for children at risk of entering the justice or foster-care systems. The one-time funding boost is being distributed through the state’s 50 alcohol, drug and mental health boards, and should be available starting March
All of Ohio’s Medicaid Managed Care Plans (MCPs) will now offer benefits for applied behavior analysis (ABA) for children with autism per the Department of Medicaid. MCPs will offer ABA providers single case agreements per each consumer with autism requesting ABA treatment. Ohio Medicaid still does not have a dedicated ABA Medicaid state plan benefit
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Approved for use in patients 2 and older to treat two types of epileptic syndromes: Dravet syndrome, a rare genetic dysfunction of the brain that begins in the first year of life, and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a form of epilepsy with multiple types of seizures that begins in early childhood, usually between ages 3 and 5.https://www.cnn.com/…/marijuana-drug-epidiolex-…/index.html…
First FDA-approved cannabis-based drug now available in the US for treating Seizures Read More »
This is good news for Ohio families that rely on the ACA Exchange plans for health care and access to the autism directive benefits Governor Kasich placed in Ohio’s ACA Exchange plans. Many families receive subsidies to help pay for premiums and some Ohio families purchase a “child only” ACA Exchange plan just access ABA
ACA Exchange Plans expecting small rate increases with some receiving rate cuts Read More »
The American Medical Association will be replacing the temporary CPT® codes insurance and ABA practitioners use for billing and reimbursing ABA (applied behavior analysis) treatment services with new permanent CPT® codes. Effective January 1, 2019, the new codes for adaptive behavior assessment and treatment (ABA) will roll out. ABA Practitioners, insurance carriers and the Coalition
They are Here! AMA Announces New CPT Codes for ABA Begin January 1, 2019 Read More »
Ohio law requires the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program to be fully operational by September 2018. What 21 original medical conditions qualify a patient for treatment with cannabis? AIDS, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gerhig’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Cancer, Chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE, Crohn’s disease, Epilepsy or another seizure disorder, Fibromyalgia, Glaucoma, Hepatitis C,
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