Is Theralytics right for your practice? Answers to Questions Practices Ask

Theralytics is an affordable, data-collection-forward ABA platform with capable native scheduling and well-reviewed support, and a reasonable place for a new practice to start. A practice usually starts looking for a Theralytics alternative when denials are being caught at month end, call-outs are being rebuilt by hand, and credential checks live in documents instead of the calendar. Boost is built for that stage: compliance is checked when a session is booked, so claims are clean before they are created.

Key Takeaways

•     Theralytics brings scheduling, billing, data collection, documentation, and reporting into one system and checks appointments against active authorizations before booking.

•     As of October 2026, Theralytics lists $20 per client per month per module or $30 for both, and full-service billing at 4.5% of receivables.

•     Boost checks payor rules, credentialing, and scope of practice upstream: a 99.4% clean claim rate and under 2% payor denials, on average for clients in Q1 2026.

•     Boost prices as a percentage of claims, so cost tracks revenue rather than clients or seats.

If you run an ABA practice, Theralytics has probably come up. It is well priced, well reviewed, and built by a BCBA, which shows in its clinical workflows. This piece answers the questions practices ask most: what Theralytics does well, what it costs, and where Boost takes a different approach.

What does Theralytics do well?

Theralytics handles the core jobs of an ABA practice in one affordable system, with strong clinical tools and a well-regarded support team. Scheduling, billing, data collection, documentation, and reporting share one platform, and its mobile app keeps collecting data and signatures without a signal.

Its scheduler filters by clinic, school, or in-home region, allocates rooms, calculates drive time and mileage, tracks RBT supervision, and checks appointments against active authorizations before they are booked. Claims are generated on the cadence you choose and submitted through Office Ally or Claim.MD, with rejection and denial updates on the dashboard. Generative AI drafts session-note narratives for the therapist to review and sign. Theralytics lists SOC 2 Type II, ONC Health IT certification, and HIPAA compliance.

How much does Theralytics cost?

As of October 2026, Theralytics publishes its pricing: $20 per client per month for practice management or data collection, or $30 per client per month for both. Per-user plans run $30 per module or $45 for both. Core plans carry a 10-client or user minimum, a $200 or $300 monthly minimum depending on the package, possible clearinghouse fees, and no annual contract. Start-up packages are available for new BCBA practices.

Illustrative example: a practice with 50 active clients on the combined per-client plan would pay about $1,500 per month for software (50 x $30), before clearinghouse fees or billing services. Your quote may differ.

What does the Theralytics billing service include?

Theralytics offers full-service billing at 4.5% of receivables, charged once you are paid. It covers claim submission and scrubbing, denial management and appeals, payment posting and reconciliation, AR follow-up, authorization and eligibility verification, and patient invoicing. Billing-service customers get a 50% to 100% discount on the software, depending on revenue size.

How is Boost different from Theralytics?

Boost is the ABA Practice Intelligence Platform with Revenue Cycle Management Services, and it uses agentic AI to move compliance upstream. Rather than catching problems at billing, Boost connects the people, processes, and systems of a practice so compliance is checked as the work happens.

Theralytics includes real guardrails, like authorization checks at booking and expiration dates on credential documents. The difference is how far upstream the checks reach. Boost reads each payor's rules and each provider's payor-specific credentialing and scope of practice, and applies them from first inquiry and hiring onward, rather than relying on downstream denial management to recover revenue after the fact.

How does Boost keep payor denials under 2%?

Boost averaged under 2% payor denials, on average for clients in Q1 2026, by preventing denials before a claim exists. Most denials are set in motion early: inactive coverage, an expired authorization, a provider not credentialed with that payor, or a service code the payor does not allow.

Before a session lands on the calendar, Boost confirms coverage is active, the authorization has hours left, the provider is credentialed for that service and payor, and the service fits the payor's rules. The claim is clean before it is created, which is how Boost holds a 99.4% clean claim rate, on average for clients in Q1 2026.

What happens when a provider calls out at 7am?

Boost's Scheduling Agent rebuilds the day, then lets your scheduler approve it. When a provider calls out, every affected client still needs an available, credentialed provider with authorization hours left at the right location. The agent re-optimizes around one cancellation or a dozen, reasoning in chains rather than one-for-one swaps, and partially publishes the schedule in real time so settled changes go out immediately. The system proposes; your scheduler decides.

How does Boost handle credentialing and authorizations?

Boost tracks each provider's credentialing status payor by payor in one roster, plus scope of practice, training, and certifications, and uses all of it to decide who can be booked. It also tracks authorized, scheduled, and remaining hours live, which makes it easier to keep authorizations current. When a credential nears expiration or an authorization runs low, event-based prompting raises it to the right person before it becomes a denial.

How should you choose between Theralytics and Boost?

Choose based on where your practice is headed. If you want an affordable all-in-one platform, especially as a new or BCBA-owned practice, and are happy to have your software vendor run billing, Theralytics is a reasonable fit.

If you want to grow without adding overhead at the same rate, prevent denials before booking instead of working them afterward, and run scheduling, compliance, analytics, and billing from one source of truth, Boost was built for that. We have compared nine ABA platforms side by side, and the Boost vs Theralytics comparison page breaks the two down capability by capability.

Frequently asked questions

Is Theralytics good for new ABA practices?

Yes. Theralytics offers two start-up packages for new BCBA practices: one free for up to six months or until the first client, and a $0 software option paired with its billing service at 5% of receivables. Both bundle practice management and data collection, which suits practices building their first caseload.

How much does Theralytics cost per client?

As of October 2026, Theralytics lists $20 per client per month for practice management or data collection, or $30 per client for both. Per-user plans run $30 per module or $45 for both. Core plans carry a 10-client or user minimum, a monthly minimum, and possible clearinghouse fees.

Does Theralytics offer ABA billing services?

Yes. Theralytics offers full-service billing at 4.5% of receivables, covering claim submission and scrubbing, denial management and appeals, payment posting, AR follow-up, and authorization and eligibility checks. Billing-service customers also get a 50% to 100% discount on the software, depending on revenue size.

Does Theralytics check authorizations when scheduling?

Yes. Theralytics checks each appointment against active payor authorizations before it is booked, tracking authorized units, date ranges, and CPT codes, and it shows remaining balances in the appointment view. Boost runs the same check and adds each provider's payor-specific credentialing and scope of practice.

What is Boost's denial rate?

Boost averaged under 2% payor denials, with a 99.4% clean claim rate, on average for clients in Q1 2026. Payor rules, authorizations, credentialing, and scope of practice are checked before a session is booked, so most common causes of denials are resolved before a claim is ever created.

Can Boost run billing on our current platform?

Yes. Boost Revenue Cycle Management Services run on your current platform or on Boost, with full billing support from experienced ABA operators. That lets a practice improve its revenue cycle first and decide on a software change separately, on its own timeline, without a disruptive switch.

Focus on clients, not clerical work.

The clearest way to see the difference is to watch the upstream compliance checks run against your own payor mix and provider roster. Book a demo and see what Boost can do for a practice like yours.

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