Beckett

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Jo,

I've never read the details of the Beckett

waiver, but as far as I know " Behavior Modification

Therapy " or anything along that line is not service

that is covered. Speech, OT, PT, etc are on the list

of services covered that DFACS gave me when I applied.

One of the ways we thought about getting around this

was to find an ABA therapist who was a licensed speech

therapist, OT, etc and have them bill the ABA hours as

speech or OT --- the kicker is that the provider has

to be set up to bill medicaid directly, individuals

cannot do this. All of the ABA therapists I've met

are on their own and not set up as a medicaid provider

(which I can't blame them because from what I've been

told it takes forever and a day to get paid by

medicaid).

We're going to have to push our legislators to help us

get this waiver changed. Hopefully Lesli can get

Senator Mike Polak behind us and get us going in the

right direction.

Wish I had better news. Have a good weekend

--- tinkerbell wrote:

> <<In North Carolina there is a

> " self-determination " portion of the Beckett

> Waiver that gives families of kids with autism up to

> $60,000/year to pay for all therapies, including ABA

> (I met a mom who actually receives this much).>>

>

>

> How do you provide the information to DFACS stating

> your need for these funds? I would like to attempt

> it here on our review. Do you need letters from

> providers? therapists? documentation on it's success

> elsewhere? What did you show them?

>

> And if one gets this funding, how do you claim funds

> from Medicaid? Must you use an ABA provider that is

> Medicaid licensed?

>

>

> jo

>

> mom to & Savannah (2 blessings from heaven)

>

>

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, GA

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