Stop Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois from Cutting Autism Services

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois is proposing a Focused Management Outpatient Program which will cease coverage for the supervision of applied behavior analysis (ABA) programs. Specifically assessing a child's progress, making new materials, conducting team meetings, overseeing direct therapists, adapting programs, and creating new programs after a child has demonstrated progress will no longer be paid for; even though they are vital aspects of a QUALITY program.

ABA is the primary type of intervention recommended for children with autism because of its comprehensive nature and consistent supervision by a qualified clinician. This program will negatively affect families in being able to receive reliable & valid comprehensive programming and it'll affect all BCBAs who work with insurance. If you believe this is wrong and would like to help us stop this by signing a petition that we are creating please write your name below and share this with others!