Florida Autism Center - Specialty Clinics

Your financial responsibility for services will depend on your individual insurance plan and benefits. Our cost of services will not differ from any other ABA providers. Please contact a representative at your insurance company to get more information about any costs you may incur. We will do our best at the time of onboarding to provide an estimate of patient responsibility, however, this may vary based on the number of service hours provided.

We accept all major insurance companies, including all Florida Medicaid plans, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Aetna, United, and more. If your plan is not listed, please inquire and we will determine if we can accept your insurance. We are currently unable to accept Medicare and Med-Waiver.

Yes, services will be covered by insurance plans; however, not all insurance plans cover ABA services and coverage requires insurance approval. Before beginning services, we will ensure that your plan covers ABA and will communicate with you regarding your insurance’s authorization of services. We encourage you to contact a representative at your insurance company and inquire about “behavioral health” to understand the benefits of your specific plan.

The UFCAN specialty clinics are a collaboration with the Behavior Analysis Research Clinic (BARC) and do integrate research to provide your child with evidence-based treatments. Your child might have the opportunity to participate in research, pending both appropriateness of fit with ongoing research protocols and your consent.

The age range of clients will be from age of diagnosis through the lifespan.

Short-term specialty services provide clients with access to services that may not be available through their community providers. UFCAN has access to additional resources and personnel, such as experts from the University of Florida, that can address the unique needs of your child and eliminate barriers to community-based care.

The providers at UFCAN will begin working with you on day 1 of enrollment at the specialty clinic to plan out your child’s next steps. In some cases, that may be school, home-based care, or sometimes another community-based ABA clinic. If there is a delay to the next level of service, the UFCAN clinical team will work with you and your family to identify what services can and should be provided during that time.

Yes, and we will encourage collaboration with those providers to ensure the best quality of therapeutic services from everyone involved in your child’s care.

Yes! All of the providers at UFCAN will work together to help your family access the services they need.

Short term generally means around 3-6 months, or one insurance authorization period. In some cases, the clinical team may determine that the patient might need to spend a little more time in the specialty clinics to ensure a smooth transition to the less restrictive level of service. Your provider will work with the clinical team and your family to identify the appropriate level of services and their duration.

Usually the answer to this question is “No.” Our providers will review the referrals for the specialty clinic and as a clinical team will determine the least restrictive and most appropriate setting for treatment. Sometimes that will be in the existing setting, sometimes it will be with a community-based provider, and sometimes it will be at the specialty clinics. The specialty clinics are meant to be intensive therapy for a small number of targeted goals including a high level of caregiver training. A provider may refer you for an assessment to determine the most appropriate setting and medical necessity for intensive treatment, and sometimes that referral will not result in enrollment in the specialty clinic.