Alliance Health & Cortica Partner To Enhance Autism Care In North Carolina

Alliance Health, a Medicaid health plan in North Carolina, partnered with Cortica, a physician-led autism services provider organization, to expand access to neurological therapies for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental differences in Raleigh and Charlotte. Cortica's care model spans four areas: medical, applied behavior analysis (ABA), developmental therapy, and family support. The care model also uses shared data to track clinical progress across disciplines, with the goal of reducing fragmentation in ASD care delivery.

The collaboration is intended to support a whole-person approach to ASD treatment that reduces sole reliance on ABA and . . .