State Medicaid programs are the primary funding mechanism for ABA services in the United States, and Louisiana's Medicaid ABA program represents one of the more thoroughly structured state-level frameworks for behavior analytic service delivery. For BCBAs and practice owners operating in Louisiana, understanding the specific requirements of this program — including the changes implemented since 2019 — is both a clinical and a compliance necessity.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Louisiana Association for Behavior Analysis
Take This Course →Including ethics, supervision, and topics like this one. New live CEU every Wednesday.
Join Free →Overview of the ABA program and changes to the program since 2019: Telehealth; Quality; place of service; rate changes, provider enrollment updates.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB | 1 | General |
Rene Huff earned her Juris Doctorate in 2002 and practice law with LDH until 2010 when she moved to managing Medicaid programs and compliance. In 2014, Rene worked to launch the Medicaid ABA program and she has managed the program ever since. She lead the effort to transition the ABA program to Managed Care and to create a succinct Quality Review program across all MCOs.
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All behavior-analytic intervention is individualized. The information on this page is for educational purposes and does not constitute clinical advice. Treatment decisions should be informed by the best available published research, individualized assessment, and obtained with the informed consent of the client or their legal guardian. Behavior analysts are responsible for practicing within the boundaries of their competence and adhering to the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.