Home > Blocking Reform > The Dual-Layer Influence Network: BACB and ABAI Shape ABA Policy With No OversightThe Dual-Layer Influence Network: BACB and ABAI Shape ABA Policy With No Oversight
Author: Minnesota Medicaid Transparency Project | Last updated: May 18, 2026
BACB (501(c)(3), $29.5M) issues credentials. ABAI (501(c)(6), $4.9M) is the trade association that can lobby. Together, with overlapping leadership including BACB CEO Dr. James Carr as ABAI Fellow, they form a two-organization influence structure shaping who can bill Medicaid for ABA — with zero government oversight of either.
Part of the Minnesota Medicaid Transparency Project — an independent, data-driven investigation of $23 billion in annual Medicaid spending across 87 counties.
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