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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Competency Restoration Waitlists Are Remaking State Psychiatric Hospitals. In Indiana, 86 Percent of New Admissions Now Arrive Through the Criminal Courts.

Regulation · Oct 16, 2026

Competency Restoration Waitlists Are Remaking State Psychiatric Hospitals. In Indiana, 86 Percent of New Admissions Now Arrive Through the Criminal Courts.

Defendants deemed incompetent to stand trial (IST) now consume the vast majority of state psychiatric hospital capacity nationwide. Driven by…

Georgia Medicaid ABA Rates Rank Near the Top of Their Region. Two Plans Have Cut What They Pay Providers This Year.

Regulation · Oct 16, 2026

Georgia Medicaid ABA Rates Rank Near the Top of Their Region. Two Plans Have Cut What They Pay Providers This Year.

On paper, the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) offers some of the highest Medicaid Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) rates…

Texas Children’s Autism Program Would Be Eliminated Under HHSC’s 2028-29 Budget Request. The State Expanded the ABA Program in August, and Lawmakers Will Decide Its Future.

Regulation · Oct 15, 2026

Texas Children’s Autism Program Would Be Eliminated Under HHSC’s 2028-29 Budget Request. The State Expanded the ABA Program in August, and Lawmakers Will Decide Its Future.

Less than two months after adopting expanded rules that extended eligibility up to age 21, the Texas Health and Human…

Melmark Opens a $17 Million Adult Community in Its 60th Year. CEO Rita Gardner Says IDEA-Funded ABA Is the Half of the Industry the Coverage Debate Keeps Missing.

M&A · Oct 15, 2026

Melmark Opens a $17 Million Adult Community in Its 60th Year. CEO Rita Gardner Says IDEA-Funded ABA Is the Half of the Industry the Coverage Debate Keeps Missing.

Celebrating its 60th anniversary, non-profit provider Melmark opened a $17 million adult continuing care community in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. President and…

Flychain and Oasys Partnership Targets Group Behavioral Health Practice Finances. The Referral Deal Pairs an AI-Native EHR With Healthcare Bookkeeping.

Technology · Oct 14, 2026

Flychain and Oasys Partnership Targets Group Behavioral Health Practice Finances. The Referral Deal Pairs an AI-Native EHR With Healthcare Bookkeeping.

Addressing financial visibility gaps that emerge when group therapy practices scale past 15 to 20 clinicians, financial technology developer Flychain…