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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Kansas Medicaid ABA Rates Have Not Moved Since 2019 on Every Code but One. The July 2026 KMAP Fee Schedule Reissues Them Unchanged, and the Autism Waiver Does Not Fill the Gap.

Regulation · Aug 6, 2026

Kansas Medicaid ABA Rates Have Not Moved Since 2019 on Every Code but One. The July 2026 KMAP Fee Schedule Reissues Them Unchanged, and the Autism Waiver Does Not Fill the Gap.

The Kansas Medical Assistance Program (KMAP) reissued its Medicaid fee schedule effective July 1, 2026, preserving a multi-year freeze across…

The DEA Is Moving to Ban 7-OH, the Gas-Station Opioid Most Users Thought Was a Supplement. Treatment Providers Should Expect the Fallout.

Regulation · Aug 6, 2026

The DEA Is Moving to Ban 7-OH, the Gas-Station Opioid Most Users Thought Was a Supplement. Treatment Providers Should Expect the Fallout.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has initiated temporary Schedule I placement for concentrated 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) and its synthetic derivatives. Sold…

Mississippi Medicaid ABA Rates Rose Again on December 1, 2025, the State’s Second Increase in Nine Months. 97153 Up 12 Percent, 97155 Up 15 Percent.

Regulation · Aug 4, 2026

Mississippi Medicaid ABA Rates Rose Again on December 1, 2025, the State’s Second Increase in Nine Months. 97153 Up 12 Percent, 97155 Up 15 Percent.

Contrasting a national landscape dominated by Medicaid rate cuts and administrative freezes, the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) executed two…

Involuntary Commitment Is Expanding by Executive Order, and the Beds to Make It Real Do Not Exist. A Federal Push to Institutionalize Collides With Decades of Lost Capacity.

Regulation · Aug 4, 2026

Involuntary Commitment Is Expanding by Executive Order, and the Beds to Make It Real Do Not Exist. A Federal Push to Institutionalize Collides With Decades of Lost Capacity.

President Trump's Executive Order 14321, Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets, and subsequent federal guidance seek to expand the…

New York Medicaid Freezes New ABA Provider Enrollments for Six Months. The Moratorium Also Halts Change of Ownership Processing, Stalling Pending Autism Therapy Deals.

Regulation · Aug 4, 2026

New York Medicaid Freezes New ABA Provider Enrollments for Six Months. The Moratorium Also Halts Change of Ownership Processing, Stalling Pending Autism Therapy Deals.

New York Medicaid Director Amir Bassiri announced an immediate, six-month moratorium on new provider enrollments and change of ownership (CHOW)…

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