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      <image:caption>Medicaid Retro Coverage Shrinks Jan. 1. Clients Aged 19 and 20 Face New Checks.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Florida Now Projects ABA Spending at $2.88B, Down From $3.86B. 220 Providers Cut.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Your Medicaid ABA Billing Is Public, by NPI and Month. Reporters Are Using It.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Your Medicaid ABA Billing Is Public, by NPI and Month. Reporters Are Using It.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Illinois Moves ABA Providers to a Two-Year Medicaid Revalidation Cycle</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>South Carolina Is Revalidating ABA Providers Now. Each Letter Gives 30 Days.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Six Meta-Analyses, 2,241 Children: Early ABA Lifted IQ and Adaptive Behavior</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Oregon Put ABA Utilization Limits on Its Medicaid Cut List, Worth $16 Million</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Michigan Finalizes Its ABA Rewrite: No Physical Exam, Six-Month Progress Reports</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Highmark Sets New Commercial 97153 Rates in PA, DE and WV on Friday</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Virginia Medicaid Takes Provider Appeals Online Only From Nov. 5. Fax Stops Jan. 1</image:caption>
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      <image:title>MassHealth Proposes Holding ABA Rates at 2024 Levels From December 1</image:title>
      <image:caption>MassHealth Proposes Holding ABA Rates at 2024 Levels From December 1</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Utah Made ABA Providers 'High Risk.' Revalidation Notices Give 60 Days.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Highmark's Pennsylvania ABA Policy Now Lists Eight Reasons Therapy Can End</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Maryland Denies ABA Claims Unless an Enrolled Individual Is the Referring NPI</image:title>
      <image:caption>Maryland Denies ABA Claims Unless an Enrolled Individual Is the Referring NPI</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The 2027 ABA Coding Guide Is Out: 97180 Bills Weekly, and Not for Session Notes</image:title>
      <image:caption>The 2027 ABA Coding Guide Is Out: 97180 Bills Weekly, and Not for Session Notes</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>California Sent CMS a Medi-Cal BHT Amendment Effective July 1. Approval Is Pending.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Montana Medicaid Gives ABA 1,260 Units Per 180 Days. Unused Units Expire.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Montana Medicaid Gives ABA 1,260 Units Per 180 Days. Unused Units Expire.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>California Will Suspend Nonpublic ABA Agencies That Miss a 30-Day Staff Notice</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CareSource Ohio Won't Accept an ABA Claim Without the Treatment Record</image:title>
      <image:caption>CareSource Ohio Won't Accept an ABA Claim Without the Treatment Record</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Community Care Wants a Taper Plan Before It Renews Center-Based ABA</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Indiana Says ABA Clients Can't Be Kept From Napping Because Naps Aren't Billable</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Philadelphia's CBH Raised Rates 5% and 3%. IBHS and ABA Got Neither.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>NC Stops Paying for Uncertified ABA Technicians in Late November</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A Medi-Cal Plan Says Unenrolled ABA Groups Risk Termination After About October 29</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Alaska Raised ABA Rates About 41% on July 1. Parent Training Now Pays Like 97155.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Meridian Recoups 10 Hours of ABA for Every Missing Hour of Supervision</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>BlueCare Won't Approve an ABA Assessment Until Less Intensive Care Falls Short</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>TennCare's Annual ABA Quality Attestation Comes Due Again October 1</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Texas Medicaid ABA Spending Hit $153.5M. All 16 MCOs Say They Pay $14.50.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>West Virginia Won't Cover ABA If the Diagnosis Came After the Eighth Birthday.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://abaweekly.com/articles/louisiana-medicaid-aba-chapter-4-supervisor-caseload-cap-registered-line-technician</loc>
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      <image:caption>Louisiana Registers Your Line Technicians Itself. A BACB Credential Isn't Enough.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tennessee Schools Must Let Your RBT In. Bring an MOU and Proof of Insurance.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Missouri Gives a Behavior Technician 90 Days. Day 91 Is a Full Recoupment.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://abaweekly.com/articles/nevada-medicaid-aba-delivery-model-bands-supervision-ceiling-modifier-ud</loc>
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      <image:caption>Nevada Gives ABA a Floor and a Ceiling, and Caps Supervision at 20%</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Oklahoma Won't Pay an RBT Who Lives More Than 50 Miles From the Border</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Pennsylvania's IBHS Rules Cite a Task List the BACB Has Retired</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://abaweekly.com/articles/arkansas-medicaid-two-qualified-professionals-different-types-asd-diagnosis</loc>
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      <image:caption>Arkansas Won't Accept One Autism Diagnosis. It Needs Two, From Different Professions.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Utah Doesn't Pay for ABA in Schools, the Drive There, or the Charting After</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://abaweekly.com/articles/new-york-medicaid-lba-supervision-five-percent-two-face-to-face-97155</loc>
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      <image:caption>New York Requires Two Face-to-Face Supervisions a Month. Phone and Text Don't Count.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://abaweekly.com/articles/texas-traiga-ai-disclosure-health-care-providers-attorney-general-complaint-form</loc>
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      <image:caption>Texas Made AI Disclosure a Duty in January. The Complaint Form Opened September 1.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://abaweekly.com/articles/caresource-georgia-mcd-mm-0212-standardized-assessments-two-authorization-periods</loc>
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      <image:title>Georgia's CareSource Measures ABA Progress in Standardized Assessments, Not Notes</image:title>
      <image:caption>Georgia's CareSource Measures ABA Progress in Standardized Assessments, Not Notes</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://abaweekly.com/articles/michigan-mdhhs-2613-bcchps-bht-autism-removes-physical-exam-requirement</loc>
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      <image:caption>Michigan Proposed Removing an ABA Access Barrier. Every Other State Added One.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://abaweekly.com/articles/oig-colorado-aba-audit-a-09-24-02004-112-million-potentially-improper</loc>
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      <image:caption>Colorado Was Told to Refund $42.6M. The Bigger Number Is the $112.5M Behind It.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://abaweekly.com/articles/florida-aba-task-force-update-school-based-hours-fdoe-meeting-two</loc>
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      <image:title>Florida's ABA Task Force Turned to Schools, and Asked Where the Numbers Came From</image:title>
      <image:caption>Florida's ABA Task Force Turned to Schools, and Asked Where the Numbers Came From</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://abaweekly.com/articles/illinois-aba-ownership-license-deadline-january-2027-pa-104-0618</loc>
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      <image:title>Every Illinois ABA Owner Needs a License by January 15. Nonprofits Just Got Out.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Every Illinois ABA Owner Needs a License by January 15. Nonprofits Just Got Out.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://abaweekly.com/articles/ohio-medicaid-aba-rule-5160-34-proposed-spend-358-percent</loc>
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      <image:title>Ohio's ABA Spend Rose 358% in Five Years. Its Paused Rule Is Back.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ohio's ABA Spend Rose 358% in Five Years. Its Paused Rule Is Back.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://abaweekly.com/articles/fidelis-centene-aba-80-percent-attendance-october-2026-caregiver-contradiction</loc>
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      <image:title>Fidelis Expects 80% ABA Attendance From October 1, With Barriers Documented</image:title>
      <image:caption>Fidelis Expects 80% ABA Attendance From October 1, With Barriers Documented</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://abaweekly.com/articles/health-net-centene-cp-bh-104-replaces-casp-criteria-medi-cal-six-month-progress</loc>
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      <image:title>Health Net Swapped CASP for Centene's Own ABA Criteria in Medi-Cal on April 20</image:title>
      <image:caption>Health Net Swapped CASP for Centene's Own ABA Criteria in Medi-Cal on April 20</image:caption>
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  <url>
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      <image:caption>A Component Functional Analysis Predicted the Multielement FA's Results</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Indiana's ABA Accreditation Deadline Passed August 1. The Penalty Is Deactivation.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Indiana's ABA Accreditation Deadline Passed August 1. The Penalty Is Deactivation.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Trainees Hit DTI Mastery by Scoring Videos — No Modeling, Rehearsal or Feedback</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://abaweekly.com/articles/south-carolina-medicaid-aba-telehealth-97151-97155-97156-july-2026</loc>
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      <image:caption>South Carolina Ended Telehealth for 97151 — and Won't Accept a Telehealth Diagnosis</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://abaweekly.com/articles/south-carolina-medicaid-bcba-caseload-collective-across-employers</loc>
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      <image:caption>Virginia's 20-Hour ABA Cap Is Dated July 1 and Conditioned on Federal Approval</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>If You Stopped Billing ABA Alongside Behavioral Health in Maryland, You Read It Backwards — and You May Be Owed Money</image:caption>
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