States and insurers that administer Medicaid are scrutinizing autism therapy after spending quadrupled over five years amid a ...

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

States paid autism-therapy providers $2.2 billion in 2023, helping make it the fastest-growing area of Medicaid spending—and ...

After leucovorin got public attention as a potential autism treatment, families rushed to get it. Many doctors are torn about prescribing an unproven drug but don't want to lose patients' trust.

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 ...

An Indiana autism therapy provider exploited a Medicaid billing loophole, generating millions in taxpayer-funded revenue. A Wall Street Journal investigation reveals the extent of the issue.

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

Is the rise in late diagnoses of autism in "high masking" individuals, especially in women, due to social media influences or new information?

A type of autism therapy called applied behavioral analysis is under scrutiny by North Carolina legislators and the state ...

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

The FDA declined to endorse leucovorin as a treatment for autism, but approved the drug to treat cerebral folate deficiency, ...

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