The next “improvement” will be shock collars that jolt them if they doze off to capture the 7 minutes.
That’s Private Equity involvement in health care.
{{ Soon, a supervisor, Stephen Schroeder, intervened.
“How long?” Mr. Schroeder asked Courtney Evans, the therapist.
“I set the timer for 7. We’re almost done,” Ms. Evans said. A couple of minutes later, she nudged the child awake. The girl cried.
At Compleat Kidz, a fast-growing chain of autism clinics based in North Carolina, the policy is firm: Naps cannot be longer than seven minutes before children are awakened to resume therapy. The company says this is necessary to prevent fraud since clinics can be paid only when children are awake and getting services. But it also allows the clinic to bill insurers or Medicaid for more hours. }}
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