Healthcare Innovation January 25, 2026
Julie Kornack discusses the importance of the NASEM study, which exposes the misapplication of data leading to inadequate autism treatment coverage in the military
In September, a congressionally mandated review from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) concluded that the Department of Defense (DoD) is falling short for military families with autistic children, denying full insurance coverage for the gold-standard autism therapy and limiting children’s ability to receive that care in schools and at home.
The report recommends that TRICARE, the military’s health insurance, cover the gold-standard autism therapy, applied behavior analysis (ABA), as a basic coverage benefit.
Healthcare Innovation spoke with Julie Kornack, founding board member of The National Coalition for Access to Autism Services (NCAAS)...
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