The Roundtable Care blog
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$436 a minute: what the autism therapy billing cases allege, and who is paying now
A $911,400 bill, a federal investigation, and a grocery chain's RICO suit. What is alleged, what is fact, and the question to ask any provider.
Nov 2, 2026 · Video + article
Insurance is a waitlist with a logo: covered, authorized, and started are not the same thing
Covered, authorized, and started are three different facts. One family's calendar shows why, and what to do this week.
Oct 30, 2026 · Video + article
When does therapy become daycare? The 40-hour question in ABA
One 1987 study became an industry default. What the research actually says about hours, and what to ask before you accept 40.
Oct 28, 2026 · Video + article
Why ABA got 40 hours and OT and speech got 30 minutes
Where the numbers on your child's plan came from, and the one question to ask every provider.
Oct 26, 2026 · Video + article
The FDA deleted the warning. The autism "cures" didn't go away.
What the removed FDA page said, how the evidence ranks for each treatment, and four questions to ask.
Oct 23, 2026 · Video + article
The wait has a workaround: 5 funded programs most pediatricians have never heard of
A free psychiatry phone line, live billing codes, and three more funded programs. Why most families are never offered them.
Oct 21, 2026 · Video + article
Who really controls your child's autism therapy?
The friendly physician model, explained, and three questions to ask before you sign.
Oct 19, 2026 · Video + article
Insurance pays for the therapy. It won't pay for the fence.
The home safety gap nobody funds, and what to ask your waiver office.
Oct 16, 2026 · Video + article
Denied over one word: one family's fight for Florida's iBudget waiver
Eligible is not enrolled. What one mom learned the hard way, and what to do today.
Oct 14, 2026 · Video + article
The 3 autism waitlists nobody explains at diagnosis
Three lines, three different reasons they are stuck, and what to do about each.
Oct 12, 2026 · Video + article
Institutions: the history autism families were never handed
Why care feels fragmented, and how you became the coordinator.
Oct 9, 2026 · Video + article
North Carolina built this system twice. Then it locked the door.
Team based care, built and broken twice, and the 2026 lockout.
Oct 7, 2026 · Video + article
The fraud behind the waitlist
Four states, one playbook, and five free checks any parent can run.
Oct 5, 2026 · Video + article
On a waitlist and feeling lost: a usable map
Name the kind of lost, sort the fires, and write a one page plan.
Oct 18, 2026 · Video + article
Just diagnosed: the first 90 days
The report, the medical side, the deadlines and safety, in order.
Oct 19, 2026 · Video + article
In services and still feel like something isn't working
Read the IEP, know your rights, and track progress in numbers.
Oct 19, 2026 · Video + articleYou became the coordinator
Nobody hired you to translate between providers who will not talk.
Existing postSix providers who have never met
A pile of treatment plans is not a team.
Existing postThe waitlist is not a plan
A waitlist does not sit a team or write one plan.
Existing postWhat is a care mapping call?
A 45-minute conversation about fit. What to expect.
Existing post