Our state pays the lowest Medicaid reimbursement rates for autism therapy in the South. Providers want to help — but the math doesn't work. You can change that with one message to your legislator.
Ask them to invest now so we can save later —
it's the conservative approach.
Why This Matters
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy is the gold-standard, evidence-based treatment for children with autism. For families covered by Medicaid — many of them lower-income — it's often the only option.
But Alabama reimburses providers less than any other Southern state, and rates haven't increased in over five years. Providers are absorbing significant losses just to keep serving Medicaid families. Without a rate increase, many will be forced to stop accepting Medicaid patients — leaving families with no alternatives and even longer waitlists.
Alabama pays $10/unit for therapy aides. Mississippi pays $12.96. Georgia pays $15.13. The national average is $15.70.
It costs $13.70/unit to deliver RBT care reimbursed at $10. For BCBAs, it costs $26/unit — reimbursed at just $15.
Early ABA therapy can save up to $1.08 million per child in lifetime costs through reduced education and healthcare needs.
Alabama's leading ABA providers are united behind this request. Alabama legislators are already signing on. We need your voice to move this across the finish line.
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The Human Impact
You may not have a child on Medicaid — but you likely know a family who does. Long waitlists, providers leaving Medicaid, and children missing the critical early intervention window affects all of Alabama.
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