The South Carolina Department of Public Health issued a citation-by-mail July 6 to Columbia, S.C.-based Recovery Solutions after its facility failed to submit a required plan of correction stemming from an investigation into a patient suicide, according to a July…
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Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., sent a letter June 26 to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urging the Defense Department to act on a report regarding Tricare’s autism program. A September National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine…
CMS’ Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions model launched July 5, testing whether paying organizations for outcomes — rather than specific services — can expand access to technology-supported chronic care. Behavioral health is one of four clinical tracks, alongside…
Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services adopted a policy in June that classifies spit hoods as a form of restraint, requiring a physician’s order and triggering state and federal reporting requirements, The Seattle Times reported July 9. Here are…
Staten Island, N.Y.-based Richmond University Medical Center launched Youth Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), a community-based behavioral health program for individuals ages 10 to 24. The program is based at the Staten Island Mental Health Society, a division of Richmond University…
Hospitals chasing better readmission performance need to go deeper into the KPI level instead of shooting blindly. The data and KPIs point to the ED, where greater than 80% to 90% of readmissions arrive through the ED. That concentration is…
Aug 11, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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- Nik Rao, CEO, Dexur
Ruthia He, founder and former CEO of Done Global, a San Francisco-based digital mental health company, was sentenced to six years in prison and fined $1 million for orchestrating a scheme that used the company’s telehealth platform to unlawfully distribute…
The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) selected four providers to operate Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) in state-run service areas, according to a July 7 news release from the agency. Here are four things…
As oncology care continues to shift into ambulatory infusion settings, nurses are caring for sicker patients, more complex regimens, and increasingly unpredictable days. Yet many infusion centers still rely on time-based models, nurse-to-chair ratios, or single acuity scores that fail…
Jul 14, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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Presenters:
- Marisa Quinn, Director of Nursing, Infusion Services & Cancer Acute Care, UCSF
- Caroline Clark, Director of Guidelines and Quality, Oncology Nursing Society
- Lisa Fidyk, Associate Clinical Director, Site Administrator, Penn Presbyterian Infusion Services
- Pamela F. Tobias, Sr Director Customer Success, LeanTaaS
Health systems spend their days caring for patients, but the people delivering that care are under strain of their own. In Lyra’s 2026 State of Workforce Mental Health report, nearly half of hospital staff said they’re in “survival mode,” navigating…
Aug 12, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
Presenters:
- Mark DeFee, LPC, Solutions Consultant, Lyra Health
- Deborah Visconi, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center
- Suneel Kumar Parvathareddy, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Wilkes Medical Center and Medical Director of Hospital Medicine and Skilled Nursing Facility, Advocate/Atrium Health Wilkes Medical Center
- Eric Parmenter, PhD, MBA, CEBS, SPHR, Vice President of Health Systems, Quantum Health
- Mary Beth Lardazabal, DO, DFAPA, Vice President of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Allina Health, Allina Health