Eatontown, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health Institute for Prevention and Recovery’s Peer Recovery Program has grown from an emergency department initiative to a program integrated across all 12 RWJBarnabas Health acute care facilities over the last decade. The program launched in 2016…
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Health system leaders face relentless pressure to deliver capital cost savings, eliminate equipment redundancy, and repeatedly defend replacement cycles. Yet they must often confront these challenges with incomplete data, siloed systems, and aging spreadsheet-based workflows. The result: purchasing decisions driven…
Oct 20, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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- Kelley Jacobsen, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain & Shared Services, Trimedx
- David Stevens, Vice President & GM, Clinical Asset Management, Trimedx
Behavioral healthcare providers and systems are increasingly turning to partnerships with the goal of expanding access to mental health and substance use disorder services amid rising demand and workforce shortages. Here are nine to know: 1. Rutgers addiction center partners…
HHS awarded supplemental funding to Alabama, Kansas and West Virginia to strengthen the role of faith-based organizations and leaders in substance use prevention, according to a Sept. 15 news release from the agency. Here are four things to know: 1.…
Several states are advancing behavioral health policy changes, from syringe service program restrictions in Indiana to Medicaid reimbursement debates in Maryland and workforce reforms in Oregon. Here are 28 updates to know: 1. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey proposed $2 million…
U.S. News & World Report named 50 hospitals to its 2026-2027 Best Children’s Hospitals Pediatric & Adolescent Behavioral Health list. U.S. News evaluated 91 hospitals for their care of children and teens with mental and behavioral health conditions, including autism,…
On Sept. 14, a bipartisan resolution was introduced that aims to create a National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. The resolution was sponsored by five representatives, according to a Sept. 15 American Hospital Association news release. If passed, it would recognize…
The FDA held a public hearing Sept. 14 on the potential future therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs, gathering input on issues that could shape how health systems eventually deliver this care, from provider credentialing to patient safety protocols. Here are…
NYC Health + Hospitals runs 11 acute care hospitals and more than 70 patient care locations, making it the largest public health system in the country. Standardizing anything across that footprint is difficult. Standardizing emergency department utilization review is harder.…
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Presenters:
- Joshua Moskovitz, MD, MPH, MBA, Medical Director of Utilization Management, NYC Health + Hospitals
- Joy Osa Uzamere, DNP, RN CCM-BC, Director, Emergency Department Utilization Review Care Management, NYC Health + Hospitals
- Rob Shutter, LMSW (he/him/his), Director of Utilization Management, NYC Health + Hospitals
Health systems are pouring capital, staff and new programs into outpatient behavioral health, and the numbers explain why. Demand is growing far faster than population trends alone would predict, and the gap between requests for care and available appointments is…