Plus: Ascension names behavioral health hospital president

September 2, 2026

1. 6 ways systems are diverting behavioral health patients from the ED Full story

2. California AI therapy bot ban heads to governor’s desk Full story

3. Every hour a psychiatric patient waits quietly raises clinical risk. What’s working here.

 

4. 4 behavioral health roles transforming care Full story

5. Texas hospitals face $27M-a-day Medicaid hit, with behavioral health among most at risk Full story

6. Inside one behavioral health CEO’s decision to automate RCM — here.

 

7. 6 behavioral health data breaches making headlines Full story

8. Ascension names behavioral health hospital president Full story

9. 31 new behavioral health study findings to know Full story 

10. 10 best, worst cities to retire in 2026 Full story

 

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

11. Tufts Medicine’s SVP on connecting at-risk behavioral health patients at the moments that matter — Sept. 18 webinar.

12. A University of Minnesota gerontologist on why cognitive decline shows up in a checkbook first. Join this webinar.

13. Employees engaged on paper, gone in 12 months. See what your engagement scores miss — here.

14. Becker’s September webinar lineup: hospital AI, nonopioid pain care and analytics governance. See the sessions here.

 

 

Apply to attend complimentary as a guest reviewer here! Opportunity exclusive to those directly employed by a provider organization.

 
 

 

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