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Chris Sullens stepped down as CEO of ABA software company CentralReach on Sept. 4 after eight years. One of the first public clues was a conference agenda.

CR Unite lists him as “Former CEO and Strategic Advisor,” alongside Clark J Convery as “COO and Interim CEO.”

Sullens announced the move on LinkedIn, 16 months after Roper Technologies, Inc. acquired CentralReach for roughly $1.85 billion. No timetable for naming a permanent successor has been publicly announced.

By Sullens’s count, the platform now handles more than 250,000 clinical sessions a day.

Read how he helped build a major autism care software company, and what’s known about the leadership transition.

Read the full story here: https://breakingnewsaba.com/business/chris-sullens-built-centralreach-juggernaut-he

#ABA #BCBA #BreakingNewsABA #AutismCare #HealthTech by @breakingnewsaba

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Louisiana Medicaid ABA providers face fingerprinting, a treatment-hours review, and new authorization deadlines as Healthy Blue exits.

Federal fingerprinting requirements also cover people with at least 5% direct or indirect ownership under high-risk screening.

For ABA providers, the critical detail: receiving plans must honor existing authorizations for up to 60 days after Jan. 1, 2027, or until they expire, whichever comes first. A 180-day approval could outlast that protection.

Read the full article: https://breakingnewsaba.com/policy/louisiana-aba-operators-now-face-fingerprinting

#ABA #BCBA #BreakingNewsABA #Medicaid #Louisiana by @breakingnewsaba

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Some BCBAs stay in terrible roles because they fear leaving families without support.

Chris Hampson, co-founder of Take a Seat People, hears this from clinicians. He says ABA providers are overlooking a bigger issue: BCBA retention.

The complaints keep coming: high billable expectations, weak RBT support, too much admin and limited mentorship.

“I do not think burnout is simply about resilience,” he says. “Often, it is a sign that the role itself has been designed badly.”

Read what he thinks ABA employers need to change to keep good clinicians—and why he’s floated starting an agency himself.

Read the full article: https://breakingnewsaba.com/careers/recruiter-chris-hampson-says-aba-s

#ABA #BCBA #BreakingNewsABA #EmployeeRetention #ClinicOwners by @breakingnewsaba

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New York’s fee-for-service Medicaid reimbursement for technician-delivered ABA drops to $9.63 per 15-minute unit on October 1, 2026, half the rate paid before October 2025.

It’s the third cut in 12 months. And providers have seen that number before.

The Council of Autism Service Providers warned lawmakers in February 2025 that $9.63 “would become the lowest rate in the country.”

Autism Learning Partners stopped accepting new Medicaid patients across New York on April 17, citing the cuts. At the time, 118 children were waiting.

Its New York executive director, Rachael Schneider, called the effects on access and care quality “devastating.”

How did the original 50% cut return after the 2025 budget scaled it back?

Read the full story: https://breakingnewsaba.com/policy/devastating-york-slashes-aba-reimbursement-third

#ABA #BCBA #BreakingNewsABA #Medicaid #AutismCare by @breakingnewsaba

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RFK Names Leucovorin Startup Co-Founder to Chair Autism Panel. Posted Draft Omits ABA

Dr. John Gaitanis helped launch Meadow Biosciences. The panel’s working draft calls for more leucovorin research but does not recommend the drug for autism and omits ABA.

Read more on BreakingNewsABA: https://breakingnewsaba.com/policy/rfk-names-leucovorin-startup-co-founder

Reported by Lucy Thomas

#ABA #BCBA #Medicaid #WestVirginia #BreakingNewsABA by @breakingnewsaba

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An ABA Centers job posting still advertised a full-tuition ABA master’s scholarship on September 14, six days after Temple University announced that Christopher Barnett’s $55 million pledge was ending by mutual agreement.

What does that mean for employees’ tuition?

The ABA Centers of America scholarship program began in fall 2023, before the pledge. Barnett told The Philadelphia Inquirer in October 2025 that the company funds Temple master’s degrees for 40 to 90 employees annually.

Temple’s announcement did not address those scholarships. Public materials reviewed through September 14 left two questions unanswered: Will current recipients’ tuition support continue? Will new scholarship cohorts begin?

Read the full story: https://breakingnewsaba.com/business/questions-remain-aba-centers-scholarships-temple

Reported by Lucy Thomas

#ABA #BCBA #BreakingNewsABA #AutismCare #TempleUniversity by @breakingnewsaba

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska will lower its weekly applied behavior analysis (ABA) limit from 40 to 25 hours, effective November 15.

The revised autism coverage policy also changes telehealth and supervision rules. One shift BCBAs may notice: “adaptive functioning” becomes “academic functioning,” with examples like toilet training and dressing replaced by sight words and math skills.

A key question remains unanswered: How will existing authorizations above 25 hours be handled?

Read the full story: https://breakingnewsaba.com/policy/nebraska-blue-cut-weekly-aba-limit

Reported by Lucy Thomas

#ABA #BCBA #BreakingNewsABA #AutismCare #BehavioralHealth by @breakingnewsaba

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The House Education and Workforce Committee has requested ABA billing records from The Perfect Child ABA twice. Its second letter added a subpoena warning.

Read the full story: https://breakingnewsaba.com/policy/house-committee-asked-perfect-child-twice

Reported by Lucy Thomas

#ABA #BCBA #BreakingNewsABA #ERISA #AutismCare by @breakingnewsaba

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Colorado Medicaid’s draft ABA rule would require extra clinical justification for therapy above 25 hours a week for children under 6.

How does Colorado’s approach compare with what Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) proposed? And what does the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ABA toolkit say about 40-hour weeks?

Read the full story: https://breakingnewsaba.com/policy/bid-reduce-aba-costs-colorado-draft

Reported by Lucy Thomas

#ABA #BCBA #BreakingNewsABA #Medicaid #AutismCare by @breakingnewsaba

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Thanks, But No Thanks: Temple Rejects $55 Million Pledge From ABA Centers Founder Barnett

Read the full story: https://breakingnewsaba.com/industry-analysis/thanks-temple-rejects-55-million-pledge

Reported by Lucy Thomas

#ABA #BCBA #BreakingNewsABA #AutismCare #BehavioralHealth by @breakingnewsaba

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11 days ago

Hi Rasmus Receives Eye-Popping $50 Million Growth-Equity Investment From Updata

The platform raised its first growth-equity round from Updata, a major software investor. The round follows new CMS guidance urging states to improve Medicaid oversight of ABA, highlighting the value of clinical data platforms.

Read the full story: https://breakingnewsaba.com/technology/hi-rasmus-receives-eye-popping-50

Reported by Lucy Thomas

#ABA #BCBA #BreakingNewsABA #Medicaid #ValueBasedCare by @breakingnewsaba

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ABA’s Largest Provider Is Building a Political Machine to Fight Medicaid Cuts

Read the full story: https://breakingnewsaba.com/industry-analysis/aba-s-largest-provider-building-political

Reported by Lucy Thomas.

#ABA #BCBA #Medicaid #Advocacy #BreakingNewsABA by @breakingnewsaba

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