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Texas Medicaid: STAR Kids, the LBA Requirement, and a Fee Schedule That Pays More for Assessment Than Treatment

Texas Medicaid: STAR Kids, the LBA Requirement, and a Fee Schedule That Pays More for Assessment Than Treatment

by Ethan Webb | Apr 14, 2026 | Regulation

Key Takeaways Texas’s Medicaid ABA benefit launched February 1, 2022, more than five years after Indiana’s 2016 start. ABA coverage is available to Medicaid-enrolled members under 21 via EPSDT through both STAR and STAR Kids programs. Texas pays more than...
TRICARE ABA Coverage, Direct Support Professionals, and the 1915 C Settings Rule: What CASP Brought to Capitol Hill at Its 2026 DC Fly-In

TRICARE ABA Coverage, Direct Support Professionals, and the 1915 C Settings Rule: What CASP Brought to Capitol Hill at Its 2026 DC Fly-In

by Ethan Webb | Apr 3, 2026 | Regulation

Key Takeaways The TRICARE Autism Care Demonstration, now in its twelfth year, still covers ABA services under a demonstration authority rather than as a basic TRICARE benefit, imposing administrative requirements and care-setting restrictions that standard coverage...
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