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| ABAI Practice Board: Autism Insurance Summit |
| Monday, May 31, 2010 |
| 7:30 PM–10:30 PM |
| 216A (CC) |
| Area: AUT/AAB; Domain: Applied Behavior Analysis |
| Chair: Michael F. Dorsey (Endicott College) |
| CE Instructor: Karen Wagner, Ph.D. |
| Panelists: LORRI UNUMB (Autism Speaks), ERIC BILLINGTON (United Health Group), MARY JANE WEISS (Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey), GERALD L. SHOOK (Behavior Analyst Certification Board), SUSAN BUTLER (South Carolina Early Autism Project, Inc.), GINA GREEN (Association for Practicing Behavior Analysts), DOREEN GRANPEESHEH (Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc.), RHONDA ROBINSON BEALE (United Behavioral Health) |
| Abstract: The purpose of this event is to begin a dialogue between applied behavior analysis (ABA) providers, advocates, and insurance industry representatives around the issue of the implementation of the Autism Insurance Mandate Bills and the funding of ABA services. As of September, 2009, and thanks to the hard work of many including the staff of Autism Speaks, there are now 15 states with such bills in-place and 6 more shortly to be considered in their respective state legislatures. Many providers claim that the delay in being paid for their services is driving them away from accepting referrals when insurance funding is the only source of payment. |
| LORRI UNUMB (Autism Speaks) |
| ERIC BILLINGTON (United Health Group) |
| MARY JANE WEISS (Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey) |
| GERALD L. SHOOK (Behavior Analyst Certification Board) |
| SUSAN BUTLER (South Carolina Early Autism Project, Inc.) |
| GINA GREEN (Association for Practicing Behavior Analysts) |
| DOREEN GRANPEESHEH (Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc.) |
| RHONDA ROBINSON BEALE (United Behavioral Health) |
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