Articles by Ethan Webb
Thoughtful AI Wind-Down Triggers a Scramble for Replacements: Operators on a 90-Day Clock Are Rethinking Vendor Diligence.
When Thoughtful AI announced its 90-day wind-down, it transformed automation from a "nice-to-have" into an incident response crisis. For ABA…
Maryland Medicaid ABA: Carelon’s 2025 carve-in, the H2012 sunset, and where Maryland rates land regionally
Maryland’s Medicaid ABA program is undergoing a structural overhaul in 2026. From the full transition to Carelon as the sole…
Behavioral Health Technology Investment: Why Dirty Data and Undefined Problems Make Most Analytics Tools Underperform
Behavioral health operators are buying AI and analytics tools at record speed, but many are feeding them "instruction manuals from…
OIG Medicaid ABA Audits: What Every Provider Needs to Know About Federal Oversight, Documentation Standards, and the Coming Wave of Recoupments
The era of "Train and Hope" is over for ABA documentation. Federal auditors have now flagged improper payments in 100%…
Home-Based ABA Therapy vs. the Clinic Model. Two veteran behavior analysts say the science was never on the clinic’s side, and the field’s shift toward center-based delivery has cost children the intervention that actually works.
Is the ABA clinic a clinical necessity or a structural convenience? Two veterans with 80 years of experience argue that…