Reinforcement Unlimited, LLC Providers
Approved as TriCare ECHO
and Autism Demonstration Program Providers

Dr. Robert Montgomery has been an approved TriCare provider as a psychologist for many years.  This has allowed us to support our troops by providing evaluations and treatment planning consultation to them for their dependents.  Recently, the DoD has approved implementation of a Demonstration Project to add additional services and supports to dependents with Autism Spectrum disorder of Active Duty personnel.

The Department of Defense offers access to ABA services to dependents of Active Duty Personnel under specific circumstances.  The program through which ABA services are supported is called the "ECHO" Program - Extended Care Health Option.  Dr. Christine Montgomery, Dr. Robert Montgomery, and Joseph Cermak have been approved as BCBA providers under TriCare's ECHO & ECHO Demonstration programs.  Additionally, they and many of our therapists have received approval to participate as providers under the Educational Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorders (EIA) Demonstration Project which allows for the use of Therapists under the supervision of an approved-BCBA provider for the first time.  No longer will only services directly provided by the BCBA be reimbursed through TriCare, now it is possible (again under very specific circumstances) for the services of the non-BCBA therapists to also be reimbursed under this program.

APRIL 2009 - UPDATE:  We have been notified that recent action in Congress has raised the Annual amount for the ECHO Demonstration program from $30,000 per year to $36,000 per year with no limit on the monthly allocation.