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Autism Speaks | ’60 Minutes’ Spotlights Insurance Denials For Mental Health | Dec. 16, 2014 #AutisticHistory #BanABA #EndAutismSpeaks
’60 Minutes’ Spotlights Insurance Denials For Mental Health December 16, 2014 California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has commended CBS “60 Minutes” for highlighting the difficulties individuals experience in securing longterm mental health coverage and highlighted his agency’s efforts to improve benfits, particularly for the treatment of autism. The CBS segment, entitled “Denied,” [view below] aired December…
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Autism Speaks Honors The Nation’s Top Advocates For 2014 | Nov. 17, 2014 #AutisticHistory #BanABA #EndAutismSpeaks
Autism Speaks Honors The Nation’s Top Advocates For 2014 November 17, 2014 NASHVILLE, TN — Autism Speaks announced its 2014 advocacy awards at the 9th annual Autism Law Summit held here, presenting the Speak Out Award to Anna Bullard and her daughter Ava from Georgia. The awards are presented at the annual conference to honor those…
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Autism Speaks | Premera, LifeWise Agree To Cover Autism Treatment In Washington | May 19, 2014 #AutisticHistory #BanABA
Premera, LifeWise Agree To Cover Autism Treatment In Washington May 19, 2014 (May 19, 2014) — Premera Blue Cross and LifeWise Health Plan of Washington have agreed to settle three class action lawsuits by covering applied behavior analysis (ABA) as well as speech, occupational and physical therapy for autism. The proposed settlements are the latest victories…
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Autism Speaks | Licensing Struck Down As Basis For ABA Denials in California (PDF Avail.) | April 25, 2014 #AutisticHistory #BanABA
Licensing Struck Down As Basis For ABA Denials in California April 25, 2014 (April 25, 2014) — Demanding that providers of applied behavior analysis (ABA) hold a state license cannot be used to deny insurance coverage of medically necessary treatment for autism, a California appeals court has ruled, citing the state’s 2011 autism insurance reform law as its basis. In addition,…
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Autism Speaks | Boeing Hit With Class Action Suit Over ABA Denials | April 18, 2014 #AutisticHistory #BanABA #AutisticHealthcare
Boeing Hit With Class Action Suit Over ABA Denials April 18, 2014 (APRIL 20, 2014) — Aerospace giant Boeing has been hit with a complaint in federal court by its Washington state employees who claim the company’s denial of insurance coverage of applied behavior analysis (ABA) for their children with autism violates the federal Mental Health Parity Act. Filed by two families…
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Autism Speaks | Oregon Sued Over Denying Autism Benefits to State Employees | April 30, 2014 #AutisticHistory #BanABA
Oregon Sued Over Denying Autism Benefits to State Employees April 30, 2014 Portland (April 30, 2014) — The state of Oregon has been sued over its blanket exclusion of insurance benefits for developmental disabilities in its state employees health plan by the parents of a six-year-old girl with autism who was denied coverage for applied behavior analysis (ABA). The…
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Autism Speaks Endorses Bill For Oregon Public Employees | Jan. 27, 2014 #AutisticHistory #BanABA
Autism Speaks Endorses Bill For Oregon Public Employees January 27, 2014 PORTLAND (January27, 2014) — Autism Speaks has endorsed SB.1523 which would correct an oversight in Oregon’s 2013 autism insurance reform law by assuring that state employees, teachers and employees of the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) gain coverage for applied behavior analysis (ABA) and other treatments for autism.…
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