CR Essentials - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

CR Essentials is the all-in-one solution built for ABA providers who want to simplify operations and focus more time on clients. From day one, you can get started quickly with a streamlined setup, unlimited training, and ongoing expert support designed to set your practice up for success.

CR’s platform brings clinical care and practice management into a single system, eliminating the need for multiple tools. Providers can manage client records, authorizations, scheduling, billing, payroll, and reporting in the same place they build and run clinical programs. This integration makes it easy to maintain compliance, reduce errors, and keep your entire team aligned.

CR Essentials is designed to fit seamlessly into daily clinical workflows. Clinicians can create customized ABA programs with skill acquisition and behavior reduction targets, track baselines, graph progress, and document updates over time. The mobile app supports real-time data collection, allowing therapists to capture ABC data, comments, session durations, and caregiver signatures directly during sessions. This helps ensure consistency, accuracy, and efficiency across every appointment.

AI-generated session summaries take documentation a step further by producing high-quality notes automatically. BCBAs and RBTs save valuable time, improve the quality of clinical records, and help reduce denied claims, all while cutting down on administrative stress that often contributes to staff turnover.

For practice leaders, CR Essentials offers clear visibility into the financial health of the business. With integrated billing, Optum clearinghouse connectivity, and built-in payroll, practices can manage revenue cycles and staff payments in the same system used for clinical work. Financial dashboards and reports provide instant insight into performance and make it easier to manage growth.

The platform also includes key resources that support staff development and quality of care. Providers can access built-in assessments such as ABLLS-R® and AFLS® for more effective treatment planning, as well as the CR Institute learning management system for ongoing training, CEUs, and professional development.

Backed by CentralReach, the leader in ABA practice management, CR Essentials equips growing practices with the tools, training, and support they need to deliver better client outcomes, reduce administrative burden, and scale for the future.