Ethan Webb

Ethan Webb

Staff Writer, Acuity Media Network

Ethan Webb is a staff writer at Acuity Media Network, where he covers the business of autism and behavioral health care. His reporting examines how financial pressures, policy changes, and market consolidation shape the ABA industry — and what that means for providers and families. Ethan holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College and brings more than seven years of professional writing and editing experience spanning healthcare, finance, and business journalism. He has served as Managing Editor of Dental Lifestyles Magazine and has ghostwritten multiple titles that reached the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists.

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Alabama Medicaid ABA: 2026 Alerts Tighten Provider Requirements, Diagnostic Authority, and Site Standards

Regulation · Jun 7, 2026

Alabama Medicaid ABA: 2026 Alerts Tighten Provider Requirements, Diagnostic Authority, and Site Standards

Alabama Medicaid is aggressively overhauling its Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) infrastructure through a rapid sequence of early-2026 Provider ALERTs. While…

Medicaid Work Requirements: New CMS Rule Ties Mental Illness and Addiction Exemptions to Whether a Beneficiary Can Work

Regulation · Jun 6, 2026

Medicaid Work Requirements: New CMS Rule Ties Mental Illness and Addiction Exemptions to Whether a Beneficiary Can Work

A new 135-page CMS interim final rule has fundamentally shifted the baseline for Medicaid work requirement exemptions. Rather than allowing…

MassHealth ABA Recoupment Stands Firm as Providers Open a Second Front

Regulation · Jun 5, 2026

MassHealth ABA Recoupment Stands Firm as Providers Open a Second Front

The Medicaid audit crisis engulfing Massachusetts ABA providers has taken a punitive turn. MassHealth program integrity officials have explicitly stated…

ABA Scheduling Software Startup TheraDriver Targets the Workforce Retention Crisis at Its Root

Technology · Jun 4, 2026

ABA Scheduling Software Startup TheraDriver Targets the Workforce Retention Crisis at Its Root

Utilizing machine learning models honed at Google's self-driving car unit, TheraDriver founder Malavica Sridhar is targeting the root cause of…

Autism Behavioral Therapy Outperforms Medication on Core Symptoms, a New 149-Trial Meta-Analysis Finds.

Regulation · Jun 4, 2026

Autism Behavioral Therapy Outperforms Medication on Core Symptoms, a New 149-Trial Meta-Analysis Finds.

A comprehensive meta-analysis of 149 randomized controlled trials published in Nature Mental Health has delivered a powerful clinical endorsement for…

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