Internal company documents reveal Optum is deploying “rigorous utilization management” in response to an increased need for ABA therapy.
With the diminished hours of treatment, Benji grew increasingly disruptive.
“We’ll let it go,” she warned with a sugared voice, “but hands to self, OK?”Benji works with registered behavioral technician Hortencia Cervantez during ABA treatment.
Even though Optum denied the additional hours of treatment, Benji has continued to receive them.
Internal documents show Optum is aiming to exclude from its network about 40% of Louisiana groups that offer ABA therapy.
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