Tag: NJ

Tell us about your health insurance

By Rick Colosimo / September 27, 2010
Since the passage and effectiveness of New Jersey’s autism insurance bill, I have been struck by the odd circumstance of it being so difficult to figure out if you have coverage under the law. It took a while, but I...

Severe discrepancy: references

By Rick Colosimo / October 10, 2009
Here are some quotes from relevant laws and regulations regarding the usage of the severe discrepancy model for determining whether a child has a specific learning disability: IDEA sections: a. 20 USC 1414(b)(2) says: (2)  Conduct of evaluation In conducting...

What does the NJ insurance bill do?

By Rick Colosimo / August 17, 2009
New Jersey Governor Corzine signed A2238, the NJ autism insurance coverage bill, into law on Thursday, providing for minimum of $36,000 annual coverage for behavioral therapy for autism. Some immediate answers about the NJ insurance bill, A2238: 1. What companies...

CANCELLED @ Hackensack NJ

By Rick Colosimo / August 4, 2009
UPDATE: This event is CANCELLED — I will be attending the signing of the NJ autism insurance legislation. I’ll be at the Starbucks in Hackensack, NJ for Roving Office Hours on Thursday, August 13. Hackensack 360 Essex Street Hackensack, New...

How much value do ASD treatments create?

By Rick Colosimo / June 30, 2009
This WSJ article illustrates the type of analysis that we should all expect to have to understand as coverage for ABA moves into the mainstream of private insurance coverage and then, theoretically, becomes the responsibility of some national health insurance...

Email to NJ’s Corzine about ASD promises

By Rick Colosimo / June 16, 2009
Here’s today’s email to NJ Governor Corzine: Dear Governor Corzine, Since NJ is the state with the highest incidence of autism, what specific commitments will you make to parents of school-age children and to autistic adults? What would you pledge...

Support ATAA sponsors for Autism Votes

By Rick Colosimo / May 21, 2009
We’re big fans of Autism Votes, and today’s email about the ATAA (Autism Treatment Acceleration Act) S.819 co-sponsor drive led me to realize that the usual model of sending emails to ask for something is not all that I need....

Email asks NJ Gov’r Corzine about autism

By Rick Colosimo / April 27, 2009
After weeks with no response from the Christie campaign on my question about the candidate’s position on autism (I guess he believes twitter is for press releases rather than conversations), I looked over NJ Gov’r Corzine’s scant website. No presence...