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Judge Approves Final Settlement Against Providence Health for Denying Autism Coverage

Providence Health Plan has agreed to pay $10,000 each to two families whose boys were denied coverage for autism therapy and about $638,000 in attorney fees under a settlement reached in federal court. Providence Health Plan also agreed to never use the Developmental Disability Exclusion to deny coverage of behavioral therapy for autistic children under the settlement. U.S. District Judge …