Florida Medicaid Ordered To Cover Applied Behavioral Analysis For Autism (OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Book 2013)

On September 20, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a March 2012 District Court ruling that ordered the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to ensure that the state Medicaid plan covers applied behavioral analysis (ABA) to child beneficiaries diagnosed with autism.