Autism Insurance Resources
Pennsylvania Autism Insurance Information
Department of Insurance and State Laws
How to Fight a Health Insurance Denial, by Brie Cadman
Autism Insurance Information Group List
For parents and practitioners to learn about coding and insurance problems.
Autism Insurance Legislation Advocacy Group List
For parents and advocates interested in getting insurance legislation passed in their state.
Blessed with Autism
Christina Peck runs a (fee-based) business that helps parents with insurance coding.
Helping Hand Resource Center, is fee-based, and assists with insurance reimbursement/ benefits and authorization.
Coleman Institutes State of the States Developmental Disabilities Funding
Comparison of State's Spending by Kaiser
How Private Health Coverage Works: A Primer, 2008 Update
A Consumer Guide to Handling Disputes with Your Private or Employer Health Plan
State-Specific Medicaid Programs
Schools Claiming to Use ABA as a Primary Intervention
Smart Money: Families Changed Microsoft's View of Autism
A great searching tool for medical studies to use for appeals
Appeal Resource – Claim Correction Form
Understand Coding Conventions
- Wikipedia: List of ICD-9 Codes
- Wikipedia: List of ICD-10 Codes
- World Health Organization: ICD-10 Codes
- Wikipedia: Current Procedural Terminology
- Wikipedia: Procedural Codes
Co-Payment Assistance
The Healthwell Foundation is a non-profit, charitable organization that helps individuals afford prescription medications they are taking for specific illnesses. The Foundation provides financial assistance to eligible patients to cover certain out-of-pocket health care costs, including: Prescription drug coinsurance, copayments, and deductibles, health insurance premiums and other selected out-of-pocket health care costs
Patient Access Network Foundation assists the underinsured in accessing health care treatments. Throughout all 50 states and three U.S. territories PAN provides trained case managers that patients or advocates may speak with about their care. PAN provides hope at times when people have nowhere else to turn.
RX Assist
The Web's most current and comprehensive directory of Patient Assistance Programs. Patient assistance programs are run by pharmaceutical companies to provide free medications to people who cannot afford to buy their medicine. RxAssist offers a comprehensive database of these patient assistance programs, as well as practical tools, news, and articles so that health care professionals and patients can find the information they need. All in one place.
Guides to Finding Health Insurance Coverage in Your State
Part 1 of the Biomedical-on-a-Budget Series
Biomedical Treatment-on-a-Budget
Part 2 of the Biomedical-on-a-Budget Series
GFCFSF Diet-on-a-Budget
See Listing of all Autism & Isurance Articles
