The American Psychiatric Association and American Psychological Association Services sent a joint letter to Aetna on June 4 urging the insurer to halt reimbursement rate reductions for behavioral health services delivered through Alma-affiliated clinicians. Alma is a platform that connects…
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Hospitals are under pressure to deliver measurable gains in outcomes, patient trust and financial performance. Most organizations have pockets of excellence, but few convert those wins into reliable, systemwide results. In this session, two Mayo Clinic leaders will share how…
Jul 16, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Pablo Moreno Franco, M.D.
- Jennifer Cowart, M.D.
Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico Hospital has opened a $36 million Children’s Psychiatric Center, the state’s only children’s emergency psychiatric unit that serves patients regardless of ability to pay. A ribbon-cutting for the 32,500-square-foot facility was held June 9 after…
A chief pharmacy officer sits down with the CFO. Three positions have been open for months. Backlogs are growing. The implicit question: would adding staff actually fix this? For four pharmacy leaders at Ochsner Health, St. Luke’s Health System, MetroHealth…
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As health systems across the country wrestle with surging behavioral health demand and a shortage of specialized infrastructure, Oceans Healthcare is betting that partnership is the answer. The Plano, Texas-based system has been building a joint venture model with health…
GLP-1 receptor agonist use was associated with a 75% reduction in the odds of any substance use disorder among adults with Type 2 diabetes or obesity compared with non-user participants, according to a study published in Frontiers on March 9. …
Health system C-suites are under pressure from every direction: margin compression, workforce strain, fragmented technology and a pace of change that legacy operating models were never built to handle. This curated e-book brings together Becker’s reporting and industry thought leadership…
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The Drug Enforcement Administration issued a final rule that codifies sweeping changes to how practitioners can prescribe and administer medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, effective July 9. Here are seven things to know: 1. The DEA formally removed the…
Colorado youth treatment centers generated 1,154 calls to the state child abuse hotline over the past five years, but about 92% of those reports were ‘screened out’ by county child welfare officials — meaning county human services departments determined the…
California’s workplace safety regulator has cited Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and the University of California San Francisco a combined $273,200 in proposed penalties following the fatal stabbing of a social worker at the hospital’s HIV clinic in December. The…