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Cost Barriers to Mental Health Care for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Lifestyle > Self-Care

Cost Barriers to Mental Health Care for People with Intellectual Disabilities

By Dr. Eileen Hart
...higher mental health costs aren't the same as general affordability challenges. Three system-level issues create a compounding effect. Insurance coverage gaps: Many private insurance plans exclude behavioral health services for individuals with developmental disabilities or apply restrictive criteria...
Recreational Therapy vs Leisure Activities: Understanding the Difference
Lifestyle > Recreation

Recreational Therapy vs Leisure Activities: Understanding the Difference

By Franklin Morris
You see "recreational therapy" listed on your child's...equipment. Recreational therapy is a clinical discipline...could unlock insurance coverage or school support. What...support. What Recreational Therapy Is. Recreational therapy...therapy Is. Recreational therapy (RT) uses recreation...adaptive sports, art therapy, social skills groups,...
Special Needs Planning for Sudden Wealth: Settlements, Inheritances, and Windfalls
Financial > Financial Planning

Special Needs Planning for Sudden Wealth: Settlements, Inheritances, and Windfalls

By James Williams
...gone, and months of waiting. During that gap, medication costs resume, therapy stops, and home care disappears. This is fixable with advance planning....account exceeds the $2,000 limit by $98,000. SSI ends immediately. Medicaid coverage follows within weeks in most states. The recipient keeps the money, but...
How to Pay for Music Therapy: Insurance, Medicaid Waivers, and Grant Programs
Therapies > Music

How to Pay for Music Therapy: Insurance, Medicaid Waivers, and Grant Programs

By Jack Foster
...what music therapy can do...cover music therapy. This isn't...define coverage and how...how music therapy is classified....treatment. Music therapy is typically...for music therapy to address...determine coverage. This isn't...to music therapy. Occupational...Occupational therapy, speech...speech therapy, and physical...physical therapy face similar...Cover Music Therapy in Many...waiver, music therapy is often...function. Music therapy fits that...
Medicaid for Working Families: Katie Beckett Waivers, Dual Coverage, and Options You Didn't Know Existed
Global Insights > Healthcare

Medicaid for Working Families: Katie Beckett Waivers, Dual Coverage, and Options You Didn't Know Existed

By Ivy Sullivan
...it doesn't come close to covering your child's therapy appointments, specialist visits, or durable medical...families fall through. Medicaid is the only source of coverage for one in three children with special health...Medicaid if they were in an institution to receive coverage at home, regardless of parent income. The policy...
Music Therapy and Art Therapy: When Creative Interventions Become Medical Treatment
Health > Alternative Medicine

Music Therapy and Art Therapy: When Creative Interventions Become Medical Treatment

By Kelsey James
...that music therapy "works" for...mentioned art therapy helped her...clinical music therapy session from...semantic. Music therapy and art therapy...therapy and art therapy are regulated...outcomes, insurance coverage, and what you...What Makes Therapy Clinical. A...degree in music therapy from an accredited...from the Art Therapy Credentials...degree in art therapy from an approved...
What Happens to Your Child's Medicaid and Care If You Lose Your Job
Financial > Government Benefits

What Happens to Your Child's Medicaid and Care If You Lose Your Job

By Aiden Moore
...just about paying the mortgage. It's about whether your child's Medicaid coverage, therapy appointments, and disability benefits survive your layoff. The...paying the mortgage. It's about whether your child's Medicaid coverage, therapy appointments, and disability benefits survive your layoff. The answer is...
Financial Aid Options for People with Disabilities
Financial > Grants

Financial Aid Options for People with Disabilities

By Emma Turner
...payments to help cover basic living expenses. Medicaid offers health insurance coverage. And grants can help pay for things like adaptive equipment, therapy, and...insurance coverage. And grants can help pay for things like adaptive equipment, therapy, and education. To learn more about these programs, visit https://www.ssa.gov/disability/...
Improve Your Special Needs Financial Planning
Financial > Financial Planning

Improve Your Special Needs Financial Planning

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...double if you have a child with complex medical needs and typical insurance coverage. How can families survive and prevent bankruptcy or foreclosure when dealing...Physician Copays Coinsurance Prescription Copays Therapy Copays Home Health Copays ...
Blue Shield to Cover Autism Therapy
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum

Blue Shield to Cover Autism Therapy

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy for autism patients. This...already began paying for ABA therapy for members enrolled in plans...insurance policies to give coverage for behavior health treatment...health insurers to provide coverage such as ABA therapy to patients...provide coverage such as ABA therapy to patients with autism who...
Autism Coverage Bills
Legal > Healthcare

Autism Coverage Bills

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...legislature for autism medical coverage. Both Florida and Michigan...Michigan have passed autism coverage bills for review. These bills...in need pay for necessary therapy for children with autism....to properly treat autism. Therapy is needed for children with...families to obtain autism coverage. Previously, applied behavior...
Funding Art Therapy Through Insurance and Medicaid
Lifestyle > Art

Funding Art Therapy Through Insurance and Medicaid

By Gregory Simmons
Art therapy isn't...insurance coverage remains...when art therapy is delivered...variable, with coverage hinging...told art therapy is always...Getting coverage requires...Covers Art Therapy. Coverage...Therapy. Coverage doesn't...whether art therapy "works."...states, art therapy can be...occupational therapy or speech...speech therapy is, as...cover art therapy typically...the Art Therapy Credentials...clinical art therapy practice....

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