Ohio Autism Insurance Coalition

Advocacy Alert: Call Senators Today for Urgent Budget Amendment

We need advocacy efforts today! Please consider sending our email template below to a few Ohio Senators to share that Ohio families with loved ones with autism are experiencing challenges accessing insurance funded therapies. Families experience denials for age caps, visit caps, lack of providers and sit on long waitlists due to lack of autism […]

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Read our latest newsletter about advocacy efforts to reduce barriers to treatment.

  Please read about our current push to remove age and hour caps in Ohio’s fully funded employer-sponsored health plans and the U.S. Department of Labor’s continued effort to break down parity violations that are keeping children, teens, and adults with autism getting access to behavioral services, including speech and occupational therapies. Here is a

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CASP Releases Updated Standards of Care for ABA Services for the Treatment of ASD

The Council of Autism Service Providers is a non-profit organization that developed the generally accepted standards of care called the Applied Behavior Analysis Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (the “ABA Practice Guidelines”). The purpose of the Guidelines is to inform decision-making regarding the use of ABA as a medically necessary service

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The Coalition provides Stakeholder Feedback to Medicaid’s Draft ABA Coverage Rules

The Coalition provided stakeholder feedback to the Department of Medicaid in December 2024. The Department had published draft rules for ABA therapy coverage in November 2024. The Department hopes to finalize ABA coverage rules and codify into Ohio’s Administrative Code and Rules, in April 2025. Here is a link to the Coalition’s feedback to the

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Important Announcement

Ohio Medicaid Member News

Ohio Medicaid Member News is a short, periodic email update on the progress of the ODM strategic initiatives for individuals who receive services through Ohio Medicaid’s managed care program. In this issue: The Ohio Department of Medicaid announced four managed care organizations to serve as the Next Generation MyCare plans! Ohio Medicaid annual open enrollment is

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Open Enrollment For Marketplace Insurance Happening Now!

  Enroll by December 15th in an ACA Marketplace plan to start coverage on January 1, 2025! Enrollment for insurance is now underway! The ACA stands for the Affordable Care Act which is for individuals and families that do not have health insurance through an employer or Medicaid. If you need intensive autism therapy, and

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Medicaid’s OhioRise initiative kicks off July 1st. Focus on Supporting Youth in need of Intensive Behavioral Stabilization Services

Date: July 1, 2022Author: Root Consulting, LLC0 Comments Today is a great day for supporters of the advocacy work done by The Elijah Glen Center, Step By Step and so many other parents and advocates. It’s July 1st and parents no longer have to give up custody to the state to access behavioral stabilization services for their children.

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Governor DeWine’s OhioRISE Announcement 

Governor DeWine Announces Launch of OhioRISE, First-Ever Highly Specialized Behavioral Health Program for Kids with Most Complex Needs July 01, 2022 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced the official launch of Ohio Resilience through Integrated Systems and Excellence (OhioRISE), a new Ohio Medicaid specialized managed care behavioral health program for young people with the most

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