INDIANA – The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) today announced a comprehensive set of recommendations from its Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Working Group, signaling a significant overhaul of the state’s Medicaid-funded autism therapy program aimed at protecting access, improving quality, and guaranteeing long-term financial sustainability.

ABA therapy, a widely recognized, evidence-based treatment for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), has been life-changing for many Hoosier families. However, FSSA Secretary Mitch Roob and Deputy Secretary Eric Miller noted that the program’s management, since its 2015 inception, has led to an unsustainable surge in costs.

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