Great Expectations: Assessing, Designing, and Developing Life Changing Treatment is the kind of topic that looks straightforward until it collides with the speed, ambiguity, and competing demands of clinical documentation, payer communication, supervision records, and leadership review. In Assessing, Designing, and Developing Life Changing Treatment, for this course, the practical stakes show up in service continuity, accurate reporting, and defensible clinical decisions, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →Behavior analysts who provide applied behavior analysis (ABA) healthcare services for private, state, and federal health insurances must not only conduct an assessment according to the philosophical underpinnings of our science, but also establish whether treatment is medically necessary. These tasks require a multifaceted skillset which may not be thoroughly developed during graduate coursework or internships. Therefore, it's critical for behavior analysts to include an assessment process that goes beyond completing the basic steps of performing an assessment and writing a treatment plan. They must know how to access and understand payor policies specific to medical necessity, authorization requirements, and exclusions. Their work product should also reflect an individualized and socially significant treatment plan that facilitates care coordination opportunities and includes a well designed transition and discharge plan. This webinar will cover processes to enhance preparedness for submitting assessment and treatment plans, highlight areas of importance to payors, and provide strategies for navigating appeals and denials.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
| COA | 1 | — |
Rebecca has been privileged to serve adults and children using applied behavior analysis (ABA) in settings such as facility-based care, group homes, day centers, clinics, and family homes both across the United States and overseas. In addition to her clinical experience, Rebecca is passionate about ABA service delivery aligning with generally accepted standards of care. With an expertise in applying health care documentation requirements and systems of compliance, she served as the lead author of a chapter on organizational documentation guidelines for ABA services.Rebecca is co-chair of the Documentation Special Interest Group (SIG) for the Council of Autism Service Providers (CASP), a co-leader for the AI/ML Workgroup, an appointed Subject Matter Expert for the Association of Professional Behavior Analysts, and a Member of the Board of Directors for the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB). Rebecca also has extensive experience with public policy work. Not only is she an experienced presenter at national conferences, she has also won national awards for her role as an advocate and work to support ABA organizations in delivering quality services. Rebecca formed RAW Consulting Solutions as a way to provide education and consultation services to ABA organizations, professionals, and providers of ABA services. Whatever the role, her ultimate goal is to make a significant impact through effective and efficient services utilizing the science of behavior analysis.
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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.