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Has the Autism Mandate Avalanche Hit A Roadblock?
(Note: this is a specific, new, treatment, not autism treatment that health plans already cover.)
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Note: Please provide evidence of your claim that "autism treatment is covered by health plans." The fact is that autism treatment of any kind is rarely covered by health plans.
Second Note: This "new" treatment (I'm assuming you mean ABA ...)you allude to has thousands of studies proving its efficacy over the last twenty years. It is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics as well as the U.S. Surgeon General.
Third note: The cost would not be $36,000 per patient. It would be that at most, and would be much less for many.
I know this is just a blog, but perhaps you should spend a bit more time researching your topic prior to hitting the publish button.
In this case, you got it completely wrong.
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Note: Please provide evidence of your claim that "autism treatment is covered by health plans." The fact is that autism treatment of any kind is rarely covered by health plans.
Second Note: This "new" treatment (I'm assuming you mean ABA ...)you allude to has thousands of studies proving its efficacy over the last twenty years. It is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics as well as the U.S. Surgeon General.
Third note: The cost would not be $36,000 per patient. It would be that at most, and would be much less for many.
I know this is just a blog, but perhaps you should spend a bit more time researching your topic prior to hitting the publish button.
In this case, you got it completely wrong.
- posted by autismville
- June 24, 2008 @ 9:12 pm
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Milt Freudenheim of the New York Times wrote (http://tinyurl.com/5t85tm) on December 21, 2004, that health plans resist paying for ABA, but not other therapies: "A diagnosis for autism is included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association. Treatment of some kind for most disorders in the manual is covered by health plans."
Thanks for the effort, nevertheless!