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Is applied behavior analysis (ABA) a woman dominated field?

Partners Admin — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 09:24:54 +0000

It depends how you define dominance.

The following information is from a presentation at BABAT with my colleagues Ashley Williams, PhD, LABA, BCBA-D Candice Colón, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA Hanna Rue.

86% of Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) certificants identify as female. So if you define dominance by that metric alone, then perhaps.

By most definitions however, dominance has to do with influence and power. That’s why it’s pretty well accepted that the “top 1%” in our country have an imbalance of control over the market than the other 99%.

We started looking at data from a random sample of provider agencies from the The Council of Autism Service Providers including both for-profit and non-profit companies. To date, we’ve included 120 companies including 400+ leaders in our data set.

Among the companies from our data set, females represent about half the CEOs. Is that adequately representative of the workforce?

For annual salaries among the non-profits in our data set, women receive about $40k less than men on average. This trend is consistent across other leadership positions included in the analysis.

In private equity (PE) owned companies, females held 81% of CCO roles, 15% of CFO and CEO roles, and 39% of COO roles. When you consider reporting structure, does this equate to dominance?

Across PE owned, single and multi-state, and non-profit companies, CEO roles are occupied by females in 15% of PE owned companies, and between 41% and 59% for the others.

This is the beginning of a deeper analysis, and extends well beyond a binary gender distinction.

We’ll continue to dig into the data!

Again, I thank my colleagues listed above for their leadership in this analysis and extend a special acknowledgment to Dr. Williams for taking the lead on this project.

Partners Behavioral Health: improving standards in the discipline of ABA.

Brandon Herscovitch, Ph.D., LABA, BCBA-D

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📈 Trends in financial data for healthcare insurance companies

Partners Admin — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 11:45:18 +0000

📈 Trends in financial data for healthcare insurance companies

“The health insurance industry continued its tremendous growth trend as it experienced a significant increase in net earnings to $31 billion and an increase in the profit margin to 3.8% in 2020 compared to net earnings of $22 billion and a profit margin of 3% in 2019. The combined ratio decreased modestly to 97% from 97.6%.”

📊 “Figure 1 illustrates the profitability trend for the health insurance industry and the increase in both net earnings and profit margin.”

📊 “Figure 2 illustrates the increase in total hospital and medical benefits compared to earned premium.”

📄 These data are summarized from the U.S. Health Insurance Industry Analysis Report, 2020, issued by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Link included below for the most current reports.

❓ How do you interpret these data as they relate to the current state of healthcare funded ABA services?

Brandon Herscovitch, Ph.D., LABA, BCBA-D

Partners Behavioral Health can help with your clinical and business standards, compliance, and outcomes. We can help you scale an ethical ABA practice you’re proud about.

https://content.naic.org/cipr-topics/insurance-industry-snapshots-and-analysis-reports

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The growing and changing market for ABA services

Partners Admin — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 11:07:08 +0000

The market for ABA services has become a multi-billion dollar industry. This is in response to market demand for evidence based approaches to improving the human experience through socially significant behavior change, and the result of lots of commitment and hard work by researchers, clinicians, entrepreneurs, academics, advocates, and other important stakeholders and allies. As an ABA practice leader, it’s important to understand ABA services market trends.

The number of ABA therapy provider companies in the USA alone is rapidly increasing. The exact number is unclear, but we are probably approaching the ten thousand mark, injecting many Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) certificants in the field that meaningfully impact the healthcare market and economy.

With rapid growth, the landscape will surely change – but the positive impact on patients and others we serve (and the economy) will continue to skyrocket!

I feel the interplay between ABA and tech is one of the next major changes on the horizon. What’s the most significant change you expect to see?

Brandon Herscovitch, Ph.D., LABA, BCBA-D

Partners Behavioral Health can help with your clinical and business standards, compliance, and outcomes. We can help you scale an ethical ABA practice you’re proud about.

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