The boom in autism therapy is Medicaid’s fastest-growing jackpot

Some companies have found lucrative opportunities to capitalize on a growing need, extracting payments as high as $800 an hour.

‘Betrayed’: Families are dealing with dashed hopes after pivot on autism treatment

The drug leucovorin was touted by the Trump administration in September as a potential treatment for thousands of children with autism. Now, some parents and guardians of children with autism say they ...

Bait and Switch? RFK Jr.’s FDA Pivots on ‘Promising’ Autism Treatment Leucovorin

Six months ago, the federal government loudly proclaimed the likely benefits of an existing drug called leucovorin for ...

FDA Pushes Back on RFK Jr.’s Claims About Autism Drug — Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, earlier claimed that the drug leucovorin ...

NC legislators, alarmed over increasing cost of autism therapy, search for ways to control it

A type of autism therapy called applied behavioral analysis is under scrutiny by North Carolina legislators and the state auditor’s office because of its rapidly increasing costs to the state’s ...

FDA approves new use of synthetic vitamin B9 — but not for autism symptoms

The FDA announced a new approved use for the drug leucovorin, which Trump has touted as a treatment for autism. But the ...

FDA doesn’t approve leucovorin for autism. What can it be used for?

The FDA narrowed leucovorin's use to a rare disorder, a major shift after Trump and RFK Jr. promoted it for autism.
Colorado Politics

Federal audit finds $77.8M in improper Medicaid payments for Colorado autism therapy

A federal audit found Colorado made $77.8 million in improper Medicaid payments for autism therapy after program ...

FDA approves leucovorin for rare genetic condition, but not for autism

The prescription drug leucovorin is getting a label update, though it’s not what that the US Food and Drug Administration suggested might be coming during a White House briefing in September, when ...

Autism therapy costs soar for NC Medicaid. Auditor and lawmakers take closer look

State Auditor Dave Boliek said his office is reviewing a "tremendous spike" in Medicaid spending on autism-related therapy services.

Hundreds of Arizona families left without coverage for autism therapy

Several providers of in-demand therapy for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder are no longer covered by these ...