# Cadence > The agentic platform for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy. Clinicians run a session out loud; Cadence captures every trial by voice, structures the data, reads the trends, and drafts a billable, signable note - so they stay with the child, not the tablet. Cadence is AI-native clinical software for ABA providers. It is HIPAA-compliant and BAA-backed, with field-level encryption, role-based access for RBTs, BCBAs, directors, and auditors, and audit-defensible data lineage from the spoken trial to the signed note. A human stays in the loop: agents propose, the clinician reviews and signs - no note reaches a claim without a name behind it. Capability information on this page was last reviewed September 2026. ## Facts worth citing - Supports all 8 ABA measurement systems: DTT, NET, Task analysis, Frequency / rate, Duration, Interval recording, Latency, ABC. - 10 specialized clinical agents. Every one proposes or drafts; none can sign, decide, or submit. - Maps the full ABA CPT family (97151-97158) to the procedures and time actually delivered. - Computes interobserver agreement (IOA) in 2 methods against the conventional 80% acceptability threshold. - Scores assessments against real instrument structure: 16 VB-MAPP milestone areas and all 25 ABLLS-R areas. - Exports claim drafts as 837P (ASC X12N 005010X222A1) for clearinghouse upload. - Captures fully offline; every tap is written to on-device storage before it is shown as captured. - Not a full-service revenue-cycle system: no managed claim submission, ERA posting, or denial workflow. ## How it works - Capture: Talk through a session, or tap - the tap grid runs fully offline. Cadence hears each trial as it happens, with no form to fight and no flow to break. - Understand: Agents structure each trial, evaluate mastery against configurable rules, generate equal-interval graphs with phase-change lines and the mastery criterion, and surface a phase-change proposal when a goal meets its criteria - checked nightly and on every client review. - Document: A compliant, billable session note is drafted with CPT codes mapped to the work performed and the data attached. The clinician reviews, adjusts, and signs. ## Capabilities - **Session capture**: Voice-first capture, with a tap grid that runs with no connectivity, covering every ABA measurement system. - **Clinical reasoning**: Agents evaluate mastery, read trends, and propose phase changes - as proposals a clinician decides on. - **Documentation & notes**: SOAP notes and progress reports drafted from committed data, with a compliance checklist that blocks an incomplete signature. - **Data quality & reliability**: Interobserver agreement is measured in-product, because a treatment decision is only as good as the reliability of the data under it. - **Assessments & treatment plans**: Structured assessments scored against real instrument architecture, feeding a drafted treatment plan. - **Scheduling**: A real clinical calendar: staff and clients, recurrence, conflict detection, and cancellations that free the slot. - **Supervision & oversight**: Supervision that follows the caseload, including a cross-location view for multi-site operators. - **Caregivers & families**: A family-facing view anchored to committed data, plus caregiver training tracked as its own program. - **Authorizations & billing readiness**: Authorization tracking, pre-billing validation, and a standards-shaped claim file - short of full-service RCM, on purpose. - **Platform, security & data**: HIPAA-baseline security, role-scoped access, an append-only audit trail, and your data on the way in and out. Full detail on every capability, plus all published FAQs, is at [/llms-full.txt](https://www.cadenceaba.com/llms-full.txt). ## Product - [Overview](https://www.cadenceaba.com/): Voice capture, live mastery and phase-change proposals, self-reading graphs, auto-drafted SOAP notes, scheduling, and authorization tracking. - [Product tour](https://www.cadenceaba.com/product): A deeper look at capture, the clinical-reasoning agents, documentation, and the rest of the shipped surface. - [Pricing](https://www.cadenceaba.com/pricing): Three plans - Capture, Clinical, and Practice. Public, self-serve pricing: one rate per active client per month, with unlimited users, no platform fee, and a 14-day free trial on the self-serve plans. - [AI accuracy & safety](https://www.cadenceaba.com/ai): What the agents do, what they will never do, and how they are kept honest. - [API reference](https://www.cadenceaba.com/developers): The public REST API, with an OpenAPI spec at https://www.cadenceaba.com/api/v1/openapi.json. - [Sign up](https://www.cadenceaba.com/signup): Create an account and start a free trial. - [Contact sales](https://www.cadenceaba.com/contact): Request a demo or talk to the team. ## Reference guides Vendor-neutral reference on how ABA data collection actually works. Definitions first, product second. - [The eight ABA measurement systems](https://www.cadenceaba.com/guides/aba-measurement-systems): What each of the eight ABA measurement systems measures, when to use it, and the metric it produces. - [Interobserver agreement (IOA) in ABA](https://www.cadenceaba.com/guides/interobserver-agreement): How IOA is calculated, what the 80% convention means, and what to do when agreement falls short. ## Compare Cadence is the voice-first, agentic option in ABA software: clinicians speak through a session and Cadence structures the data, proposes phase changes, interprets trends, and drafts a billable note to review and sign. Most other ABA tools are tap/forms-based data collection, often bundled with full practice management and billing. Cadence covers the clinical core plus scheduling and compliance (authorizations/units, CPT mapping, pre-billing validation) - not full-service revenue-cycle billing. - [Compare hub](https://www.cadenceaba.com/compare): Cadence ABA vs the leading ABA platforms, capability by capability, with pricing. - [Cadence ABA vs CentralReach](https://www.cadenceaba.com/compare/centralreach): The largest end-to-end ABA platform - practice management, clinical data, billing, assessments, and staff training in one enterprise system. - [Cadence ABA vs Catalyst](https://www.cadenceaba.com/compare/catalyst): A long-established, highly configurable ABA data-collection tool, now sold within the Ensora Health ABA suite. - [Cadence ABA vs Rethink Behavioral Health](https://www.cadenceaba.com/compare/rethink): An all-in-one ABA platform pairing clinical programming and data collection with billing, scheduling, and a large RBT training library. - [Cadence ABA vs Motivity](https://www.cadenceaba.com/compare/motivity): A clinically-driven, modern ABA platform connecting real-time data collection, scheduling, billing, and revenue-cycle management. - [Cadence ABA vs Hi Rasmus](https://www.cadenceaba.com/compare/hi-rasmus): A mobile-first clinical platform combining flexible data collection, telehealth, supervision, and AI-assisted documentation. - [Cadence ABA vs Theralytics](https://www.cadenceaba.com/compare/theralytics): A budget-friendly, all-in-one ABA platform covering scheduling, data collection, documentation, and billing with simple per-client pricing. - [Cadence ABA vs Raven Health](https://www.cadenceaba.com/compare/raven-health): A mobile-first, AI-driven all-in-one ABA platform for startups and growing clinics, with the software offered free under a managed-billing model. ## Frequently asked ### What is Cadence ABA? Cadence is AI-native clinical software for ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) providers. A clinician runs the session out loud; Cadence captures each trial by voice or tap, structures it into clinical data, evaluates mastery, reads the trend, and drafts a CPT-mapped SOAP note for the clinician to review and sign. It covers capture, clinical reasoning, documentation, scheduling, assessments, supervision, and authorization tracking. ### Does an AI sign the note or make clinical decisions? No. Agents draft and propose; clinicians review and sign. An agent can structure spoken data, draft a note, surface a mastery or phase-change proposal, and assemble a reauthorization packet - it can never sign a note, decide a proposal, or submit a claim. Every promotion to the permanent record requires an explicit human confirmation and is written to an append-only audit log. ### Does Cadence replace my practice management or billing system? Partly. Cadence covers the clinical core - capture, clinical reasoning, documentation - plus scheduling, supervision, authorization and unit tracking, CPT mapping, and pre-billing validation, and it exports claim drafts as an 837P file for a biller to upload. It is deliberately not a full-service revenue-cycle system: there is no managed claim submission, ERA posting, or denial workflow, so practices that need those keep a dedicated billing solution alongside it. ## Trust & compliance - [HIPAA & security](https://www.cadenceaba.com/hipaa): HIPAA posture, BAAs, and how clinical data is protected. - [Clinical accountability](https://www.cadenceaba.com/clinical-advisory): Who is accountable for clinical correctness. - [Privacy policy](https://www.cadenceaba.com/privacy): How data is collected, used, and safeguarded. - [Terms of service](https://www.cadenceaba.com/terms): Terms governing use of Cadence. - [System status](https://www.cadenceaba.com/status): Current operational status of Cadence services. ## Optional - [About](https://www.cadenceaba.com/about): Why Cadence exists. - [Careers](https://www.cadenceaba.com/careers): 42 open remote roles across clinical, engineering, data, product, design, security, customer success, operations, people, sales, marketing. - [Log in](https://www.cadenceaba.com/login): Sign in to the Cadence app.