{"id":5740,"date":"2024-09-02T09:57:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T13:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/?p=5740"},"modified":"2025-02-07T16:42:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T21:42:50","slug":"aba-centers-announces-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/news\/aba-centers-announces-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"ABA Centers Announces Jason Barker as New CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former ChenMed COO Appointed to Drive Next Phase of Growth and Innovation for the
No. 5 Fastest Growing Private Company in America<\/em><\/p>

ABA Centers, the nation\u2019s fastest growing autism care provider, has appointed Jason Barker as its new Chief Executive Officer. The organization\u2019s founder, Christopher Barnett, most recently held the title and will evolve into the role of Chairman of the company.<\/p>

This transition in leadership comes as the company is experiencing unprecedented growth. Founded in December 2020 and being less than four years old, ABA Centers catapulted past the competition to make its debut on this year\u2019s Inc. 5000 as the No. 5 fastest growing private company in America due to an outstanding revenue growth of 32,192 percent in the three-year period assessed for the list. A de novo and self-funded growth strategy set ABA Centers apart \u2013 and ahead \u2013 of thousands of other enterprises vying for a spot on this highly coveted line-up. The organization has carved out a self-sufficient path to success that has proven to be substantial and sustainable, without any private equity investment, nor any significant debt financing.<\/p>

\u201cABA Centers has an amazing service offering and a great track record of success, and its endless opportunity for positive impact is what drew me to this role,\u201d remarked Mr. Barker. \u201cBut the organization can only continue to be successful if our team members on the ground and at our centers are successful, so I intend to move the company towards a clinician-centered culture to ensure our most crucial colleagues are fortified for the future.\u201d<\/p>

Providing diagnostic services and applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy to children with autism, ABA Centers has been able to significantly distinguish itself in the behavioral therapy industry because of its commitment to getting kids into care quickly. The national average that a child waits to receive autism therapy is greater than four months, with some waiting several years, but ABA Centers typically has a child in service within 47 days from the time initial contact is made with the organization.<\/p>

\u201cWe do well when our kiddos do well,\u201d Mr. Barker said. \u201cEarly intervention offers the best chance for lasting change in our clients\u2019 lives, so we aim to get kiddos into care earlier and faster, to empower them to complete their prescribed therapy hours, and to perfect our clinical delivery. When these three elements come together, our children\u2019s development soars and our business strengthens, which in turn allows us to help even more children.\u201d<\/p>

ABA Centers has a goal to increase its active client base by 250% by the end of 2025. This surge will be supported in part by the company\u2019s plans for rapid geographic expansion. This year, the company strengthened its footprint along the East Coast and expanded westward, now providing evidence-backed autism care in 31 service markets throughout 10 states. Within these markets, ABA Centers currently operates 22 physical autism care centers, with plans to open nearly 40 new locations throughout the coming New Year.<\/p>

With more than 30 years of experience in healthcare, Mr. Barker was most recently Chief Operating Officer at ChenMed, where he provided collaborative executive leadership support for the company\u2019s regional, market, and center-specific dyad leaders, as well as to key centers of excellence \u2013 all to better support the ChenMed primary care physicians. During Mr. Barker\u2019s time at ChenMed, he helped grow the business from $500 million to $3 billion in revenue, while taking on full-risk with ChenMed\u2019s innovative value-based care model focused on providing care for senior citizens. Prior to ChenMed, he was the President of CareMore\u2019s Health Plan business, which was on the forefront of creating an innovative approach to the growing Medicare Advantage market by serving as both a health plan and a healthcare provider. Mr. Barker drove accountability and results for CareMore\u2019s $1.2 billion business during his time with the company.<\/p>

ABA Centers was founded from Mr. Barnett\u2019s personal experience in trying to acquire a diagnosis and then quality care for his own daughter on the spectrum, who first spent years dealing with a misdiagnosis and missing out on the proper treatment that she desperately needed. Mr. Barnett was able to see what was available in terms of autism care from a parent\u2019s perspective. The inadequacies, the lack of services available, and the long wait lists that families experienced were infuriating and simply unacceptable.<\/p>

\u201cAs an entrepreneur, I made the commitment long ago that none of my businesses would ever be limited by Founder\u2019s Syndrome,\u201d said Mr. Barnett. \u201cIn meeting with Jason, it became obvious that he would care just as much about our kiddos, our clinicians, and our corporate team as I do, and that he would be the best person to elevate ABA Centers to even greater heights. He has the ability to transform what began as my personal passion project into a legacy that commands a permanent place in the healthcare history books.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former ChenMed COO Appointed to Drive Next Phase of Growth and Innovation for theNo. 5 Fastest Growing Private Company in America ABA Centers, the nation\u2019s fastest growing autism care provider, has appointed Jason Barker as its new Chief Executive Officer. The organization\u2019s founder, Christopher Barnett, most recently held the title and will evolve into the […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":5741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}