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Supervision & Workforce Development


Contractor vs. Employee in Behavioral Health: What ABA and Therapy Practices Get Wrong
The contractor vs. employee question sounds simple — until you're operating in ABA or behavioral health. Once clinical supervision requirements, Medicaid contracts, and state licensing laws enter the picture, generic HR guidance stops being enough. Getting classification wrong in this field doesn't just create a tax headache. It can affect audits, credentialing, licensure, and more. Here's what agencies consistently get wrong — and what actually matters.

Courtney Padelsky, MS, BCaBA
May 257 min read
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