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RESOURCE · 2026-08-13

ABA Software With an API: Who Actually Documents One

Of fourteen ABA platforms checked against their own websites, exactly one publishes open developer documentation. What exists, what's a plan-feature bullet, what's webhooks-only — and the questions that separate them.

RESOURCE · 2026-08-13

ABA Software Pricing: What Vendors Actually Publish

Most ABA software vendors publish no price at all — and the contract terms matter more than the sticker. Every published rate, term, and renewal clause we could find, in one place, with dates.

COMPARISON · 2026-08-13

AlohaABA Alternatives: Compared at Your Real Roster and Census

AlohaABA publishes its price — $29.99 per staff/month plus $12 per client for data collection — which makes every comparison unusually concrete. The documented alternatives, with their published rates beside it.

COMPARISON · 2026-08-13

Catalyst (Ensora) Alternatives: Data Collection Options if You're Re-Evaluating

Catalyst's public product pages now redirect to Ensora Health's general site. If that has you re-evaluating, here are the documented data-collection alternatives — and the questions to ask Ensora before you move anything.

RESOURCE · 2026-08-13

Free RBT Training and Free ABA Resources: What's Actually Free

The free 40-hour RBT training that half a million people have used, verified free CEU sources, and the free-to-consume-paid-to-certify traps — every claim checked against the provider's own site.

COMPARISON · 2026-08-13

Hi Rasmus Alternatives: What to Compare Before You Decide

Hi Rasmus leads with supervision, telehealth, and caregiver collaboration — and publishes no pricing. The documented alternatives, organized by the two questions that actually decide this evaluation.

COMPARISON · 2026-08-06

ABA Practice Management Software: What Each One Actually Publishes

Fourteen ABA platforms recorded against five checkable columns — documented modules, published pricing, named integrations, stated compliance, and public API documentation. Every cell sourced to the vendor's own website.

COMPARISON · 2026-08-06

ABA Software for Solo BCBAs and Small Practices

Published entry pricing, seat and client minimums, contract length, implementation fees, and what each vendor's own terms say about your data if you leave — for practices with one to five clinicians.

GUIDE · 2026-08-06

ABA Prior Authorization and Denials: What Payers Ask For

Federal decision deadlines, the documentation payers actually review, and the appeal path — including the 10-day window that keeps your child's hours running while the appeal is decided.

GUIDE · 2026-08-06

How Many Hours of ABA a Week — and What Payers Actually Authorize

There is no consensus number. CMS reports an average of 17.33 hours per week in Medicaid in 2025, says 40 hours is not a best practice, and states are writing hour thresholds into policy. Here is what the documents say.

GUIDE · 2026-08-06

The BACB Ethics Code, in Plain English

The Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts has four core principles and 85 standards across six sections. Here is how it is organized, the provisions that generate the most enforcement activity, and what the BACB has and has not announced about revisions.

GUIDE · 2026-08-06

Autism Medicaid Waivers and Insurance Coverage by State

EPSDT, state plan coverage, 1915(c) waivers and state insurance mandates are four different legal systems. Which one pays for your child's ABA depends on which door you are standing in front of.

GUIDE · 2026-08-06

What Changes for BCBAs and RBTs in 2027

The BACB's 2027 requirements change degree, coursework, fieldwork and CE rules for BCBA and BCaBA applicants on January 1, 2027, and pathways 3 and 4 disappear. Every change here is sourced to the BACB document that states it.

GUIDE · 2026-08-06

BCBA Exam Pass Rates by University Program

The BCBA first-time pass rate was 51% in 2025, the lowest in the BACB's published series. Here is the national trend, what the 2024 university-level report actually contains, and why single-year program rates are weaker evidence than they look.

GUIDE · 2026-08-06

BCBA Supervision Requirements: Fieldwork, RBT Hours and the 8-Hour Training (2026)

What the BACB actually requires for supervised fieldwork, RBT supervision and supervisor qualification — the hours, the ratios, the contacts and the observations, taken from the current handbooks. Plus why CMS now says the 5% RBT minimum is a floor, not a target.

COMPARISON · 2026-08-06

CentralReach Alternatives: How to Compare Them

What CentralReach publishes about its own platform, what the other ABA platforms publish about theirs, and a four-part framework — data export, contract terms, implementation, integration coverage — for evaluating whether a switch makes sense.

ANALYSIS · 2026-08-06

CMS Published Its First ABA Toolkit. Here's What It Means for BCBAs.

In August 2026 CMS issued a 173-page Medicaid and CHIP toolkit on applied behavior analysis — the first federal document of its kind. It reports ABA spending rising 421% in four years and $198.4 million in improper payments. Here is what it actually says, and what changes for behavior analysts.

GUIDE · 2026-08-06

How to Start an ABA Clinic: Licensure, Credentialing and the Timeline

The regulatory path to opening an ABA clinic: business entity, state behavior-analyst licensure, NPI types 1 and 2, Medicaid screening and enrollment, and commercial credentialing. What gates what, with the federal rules and state examples that set the clock.

GUIDE · 2026-08-06

Remote and Telehealth BCBA Work: What's Allowed and What Pays

What the BACB permits for remote supervision, what state Medicaid programs allow for ABA telehealth and what they restrict, why a BCBA generally needs a license where the client is, and what telehealth modifiers and place-of-service codes do to a claim.

GUIDE · 2026-08-06

Who Owns the Largest ABA Providers

Ownership of the large multi-site ABA organizations, sourced only to dated company announcements, SEC filings and peer-reviewed or government research. Plus what CMS and JAMA Pediatrics actually report about ownership concentration in autism services.

RESOURCE · 2026-08-02

BCBA Salary by State: What the Federal Wage Data Actually Shows (2026)

There is no federal wage code for board certified behavior analysts. Here is the closest official data — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics for May 2025, state by state — with an honest account of what it does and does not measure.

ANALYSIS · 2026-08-02

The Biggest ABA Companies in America (2026)

No one publishes a real ranking of ABA providers, so we built one from the federal NPI registry. 234 companies hold three or more registered locations; the largest holds 94. What the data shows, and what it can't.

RESOURCE · 2026-08-02

How Much Does ABA Therapy Cost? What the Published Fee Schedules Actually Say

ABA is billed in 15-minute units against CPT codes, so there is no single price. Here are the real numbers from state Medicaid fee schedules and TRICARE's published rate table, with effective dates — and an honest account of the prices nobody publishes.

GUIDE · 2026-08-02

How to Become a BCBA: The Full Path, With the 2027 Rule Change

The exact BCBA requirements as of August 2026 — degree, 315 coursework hours, 2,000 or 1,500 fieldwork hours, the exam, and the fees — plus what changes on January 1, 2027, sourced line by line to the BACB's own documents.

GUIDE · 2026-08-02

RBT Certification: Requirements, Cost and Timeline (2026)

What it actually takes to become a Registered Behavior Technician: the BACB's exact eligibility requirements, the $110 in fees, the 2026 rule changes, the exam, and how recertification works. Sourced entirely to BACB documents, with dates.

ANALYSIS · 2026-07-19

What Medicaid Pays for ABA — and Why the Gap Matters (2026)

Medicaid reimbursement for the core ABA therapy code varies more than 50% state to state, from about $12 to nearly $19 per 15 minutes. Here's what the published fee schedules actually show, and why the gap shapes who can get autism care.

GUIDE · 2026-07-19

ABA Data Collection: Methods, Software, and How to Get It Right (2026)

A complete, independent guide to ABA data collection — the measurement methods (frequency, duration, interval, ABC), how to choose software, offline collection, and the mistakes that quietly ruin data. Written for BCBAs and practice owners.

RESOURCE · 2026-07-19

ABA Medicaid Reimbursement Rates by State (2026): What Public Payers Actually Pay

How much does Medicaid pay for ABA? A primary-source guide to reimbursement rates for the adaptive behavior CPT codes — the state-by-state spread, why it varies, and the fee-for-service vs. managed-care trap.

RESOURCE · 2026-07-18

ABA CPT Codes 97151–97158: What Each One Is, and What It Pays

The adaptive behavior codes explained one at a time, with the national range each one actually pays across every state Medicaid schedule we have verified — and which codes most states do not price at all.

ANALYSIS · 2026-07-18

AI in ABA (2026): What's Actually Shipping

Beyond the hype: the AI features ABA vendors actually document today — session notes, claims auditing, scheduling, treatment plans, and FDA-regulated diagnostics — plus the questions to ask before turning any of it on.

COMPARISON · 2026-07-18

Best ABA Billing: Software vs. Services (2026), The Independent Guide

The real ABA billing decision isn't which tool — it's software for your biller versus a done-for-you service. The honest math, the questions that expose weak providers, and the independent landscape.

COMPARISON · 2026-07-18

Best ABA Data Collection Software (2026): The Independent Guide

Dedicated data collection tools and integrated platform modules, compared independently — with the integrated-versus-dedicated decision explained and every capability checked against current vendor documentation.

ANALYSIS · 2026-07-18

What's Happening to Catalyst and NPAWorks? Reading the Ensora Consolidation

Therapy Brands became Ensora Health in April 2025. Since then, the public trail of its ABA products — Catalyst, NPAWorks, WebABA — has been consolidating. Here's what's documented, what isn't, and what buyers should ask.

RESOURCE · 2026-07-18

Free BCBA CEUs: What's Actually Free, and What Costs the Least (2026)

Every free and low-cost BACB continuing education source we could verify against the provider's own site, with the catch on each one — including where to get free ethics and supervision CEUs, which are the hardest to find.

COMPARISON · 2026-07-18

Best ABA Practice Management Software (2026): The Independent Guide

Twelve platforms compared by an independent directory — organized by what each is actually best at, with pricing transparency tracked and a published methodology. No vendor wrote this.

GUIDE · 2026-07-18

How to Start an ABA Practice: The Complete Stack Guide

Every tooling decision a new ABA practice makes, in the order you'll actually face them — with budget-conscious defaults, the traps, and what can wait.

GUIDE · 2026-07-18

Switching ABA Platforms: What Migration Actually Involves

The honest guide to changing your practice management or data collection software — what transfers, what doesn't, how long it really takes, and when staying put is the right call.

RESOURCE · IN PROGRESS

The ABA Software Pricing Report

What practices actually pay — published when survey data supports it.

First guides publish after the initial verification pass — the research is underway now.