Autism & I/DD

Intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) are a physical and/or cognitive impairments that occur before the age of 22. Autism spectrum disorder is generally considered a type of developmental disability that affects behaviour and communication. The autism and I/DD market provides supports and health care services to these populations. Over the past decade, there has been an increase in the changes and challenges affecting I/DD and autism markets—the move to managed care and value-based care, the shift away from residential treatment, the increasing emphasis on consumer-directed care, and new workforce challenges.

Latest Resources

• SPECTRA Overview Briefing For Technical Area 4: Technologies For Communication, Quality Of Life & Embedded Assessment
• Southeast Missouri State University Receives $350,000 To Launch Program For Young Adults With I/DD Preparing For Independent Adulthood
• From Workforce Crisis Toward Workforce Stability: The Beverly Farm Foundation Case Study
• People With I/DD Less Likely To Receive Kidney Transplant Evaluation Or Transplant
• One In Five U.S. Children Have A Parent-Reported Developmental Disability Diagnosis
• Getting From Here To There
• Ford, MacArthur & Robert Wood Johnson Foundations Announce First-Of-Its-Kind Credit Union For People With Disabilities
• CentralReach Launches ReportDraftAI To Ease The Manual Work Behind ABA Reports
• Cathay Capital Launches Ascendia Autism Care With 20-Center ABA Network
• Arkansas Proposes $17 Million Expansion Of Supportive Living Services
• Alabama Medicaid Delays New Autism-Related ABA Referral Requirements
• Indiana Pauses Medicaid Enrollment Of New ABA Provider Organizations For At Least Six Months
• Nebraska Medicaid Changes ABA Billing & Prior Authorization Requirements
• The Integration Buffet
• Behavior Frontiers Opens ABA Therapy Center In Brea, California

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HHS Defers More Than $1 Billion in Medicaid Payments To California & Minnesota Pending Review Of High-Risk Claims For Fraud

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it would defer more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota as part of the new federal approach to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse. HHS and CMS demanded that the two states submit additional documentation to support what CMS alleges are high risk Medicaid claims. CMS withheld $867.5 million from California… Read

• Indiana Health Coverage Programs Bulletin: IHCP To Require ABA Agencies To Be Accredited
• Nebraska Medicaid Applied Behavior Analysis Service Definition
• Safety In Crisis
• Alabama Medicaid Notice RE: Follow-Up To June 15, 2026 ALERT – Applied Behavioral Analysis Therapy Diagnostic Requirements
• Medicaid Beneficiaries With Autism Have 14-Year Lower Life Expectancy Than The General U.S. Population

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