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ABA Therapy billing

ABA therapy billing built around authorizations and units

ABA billing has its own rules: unit-based CPT codes, strict authorization limits, supervision rules, and frequent re-assessments. We specialize in it, so your BCBAs and RBTs can stay focused on clients.

Therapist working with a young child during a play-based session

The problem

Where ABA therapy practices lose money

  • Authorization unit limits exceeded without anyone noticing
  • Complex 97151 to 97158 code and modifier combinations
  • Medicaid and commercial payer rules that differ by state
  • Re-assessment and treatment-plan deadlines missed
  • Rendering vs. supervising provider credentialing gaps

Codes we bill every day: 97151, 97152, 97153, 97154, 97155, 97156, 97157, 97158

How we handle it

What we put in place

Auth & unit tracking

Live dashboards show authorized vs. used units per client so you never over-deliver unpaid services.

ABA-specific scrubbing

Claims are checked against code pairs, modifiers (HN, HO, HP), and payer-specific supervision rules.

Treatment-plan support

We track assessment and re-auth deadlines and prepare the submissions.

RBT credentialing

Enrollment and credential tracking for BCBAs, BCaBAs, and RBTs.

Workflow

How a ABA therapy claim moves through our team

  1. 01Intake & benefits verification
  2. 02Initial assessment auth (97151)
  3. 03Treatment plan auth & unit tracking
  4. 04Session data to claim
  5. 05Scrub, submit, follow-up
  6. 06Re-auth & reporting

Client example

ABA provider with 4 clinics and 60 RBTs

The situation. Units were billed past authorization limits and claims sat in a backlog for weeks.

What we did. We added daily unit tracking, ABA-specific claim edits, and a re-authorization calendar. Within six months the backlog was gone.

fewer denials
72%
fewer days in AR
32
collections
+21%

Client details anonymized. Results vary by practice.

Find out what your billing is really costing you

Send us 90 days of claims data and we'll show you where revenue is slipping through, how much is recoverable, and what we would fix first. It's free and there's no obligation.

We sign a BAA before any patient data changes hands.