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Crafting Crisis
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS A little over 5% of all emergency department visits (5,215 of 100,000 visits) in the U.S. were for mental health issues. […]
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Finding ROI In MOUD
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS The consumer outcome benefits of medication-assisted addiction treatment (MAT) for addictions are well documented, including higher remission, increased odds of survival, […]
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The Risk Plunge
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS Many provider organization executives are “undecided” about the wisdom of pursuing performance-based or value-based reimbursement (VBR) with downside financial risk. I’ve […]
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The Integrated Care Recipe
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS One of the most common models for integrating primary and behavioral health services is the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model (CoCM). And the […]
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The Ripple Effect
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS There has been a lot of confusion about how last year’s Congressional budget bill, coined the One Big Beautiful Bill Act […]
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When You’ve Seen One
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS Getting your arms around the current state of risk-based, value-based, and performance-based reimbursement in the health care field is no simple […]
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When Every Minute Matters: Getting The Right Clinical Signal Into The Right Hands
Most health care organizations don’t have a data problem. They have a timing problem. Critical clinical events happen every day, but too often they’re buried in data and missed until […]
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Tracking The Upswing
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS The coverage of Medicare beneficiaries by ACOs is on the upswing—as is the use of risk-based reimbursement models. As of January 2026, […]
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A Home For The Whole PersonÂ
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS NCQA recently announced they will be expanding their work with federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and FQHC look-alikes this year. There […]
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Federal 2027 Budget Proposal Would Eliminate SAMHSA As Stand-Alone Agency & Reduce Behavioral Health Funding By 8%
By OPEN MINDS Circle A proposed 2027 federal health budget would eliminate the nation’s primary mental health and addiction agency and cut behavioral health funding by about 8%. The fiscal […]
