Industry Bulletins | April 6, 2021
Rethink Behavioral Health Launches Medical Necessity Assessment Tool For Applied Behavior Analysis Therapy For Children With Autism
Rethink Behavioral Health announced a new medical necessity assessment (MNA) analytic tool to help clinical professionals prescribe appropriate levels of applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy for children with autism. The MNA solution allows a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) to enter diagnostic factors for an individual, then the solution synthesizes that input with supporting evidence and research, to produce a suggested dosage range of treatment hours based on evidence. Rethink is offering the MNA tool as a stand-alone product to both payers and provider organizations.
ABA emerged in the 1990s as a promising treatment for autism, but at that . . .