North Dakota Health And Human Services (HHS) Receives Federal Approval To Expand The State’s Medicaid Autism Spectrum Disorder Waiver To Serve More Children And Families
North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) has received final approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand access and add services to the state’s Medicaid autism spectrum disorder (ASD) waiver.
Task Force Invites North Dakotans To Participate In Survey About Services For People With Autism Spectrum Disorder
The Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Task Force wants to know whether North Dakotans are aware of programs and services for individuals with autism spectrum disorder, if individuals’ needs are being met, or if gaps in services and access issues may exist.
Sioux Falls Heart Surgeon First in the Nation to Use Newly-Approved Occlusion Device
Michael Bacharach, MD, a vascular medicine specialist with Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, recently became the first doctor in the country to use a new minimally invasive device for large atrial septal defects commercially.
Early Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder
According to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in 68 children is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) – up from 150 in 2002. ASD is now the diagnostic category listed in the DSM-V to describe a group of developmental disorders encompassing a range of symptoms and levels of disability.