Plus: Arizona failed to ensure Medicaid insurers followed mental health parity rules

August 26, 2026

1. FBI raids 3 Michigan addiction treatment centers Full story

2. Meta settlement reaches up to $17.1B over youth social media addiction claims Full story

3. Hospital and health system M&A is back in a big way in 2026. Becker’s Health System M&A Report tracks who’s buying, who’s selling and what it means. Mondays, 7 a.m. Subscribe here.

 

4. California becomes 1st state with same-day opioid treatment helpline Full story

5. What is an EmPATH unit? Inside the model reshaping psychiatric emergency care Full story

6. Using AI in behavioral health without losing patient trust — Joint Commission experts share a framework here.

 

7. 30 new behavioral health capital projects to know Full story

8. Arizona failed to ensure Medicaid insurers followed mental health parity rules: OIG Full story

9. Americans skeptical of AI chatbots for mental health support: Pew Full story

10. 25 best metro areas for healthcare access, per Indeed Full story

 

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

11. Behavioral health conditions affect 30% of patients and they’re the hardest to guide to care. Tufts Medicine’s fix in this Sept. 18 webinar.

12. Emergency departments can’t absorb behavioral health demand forever. See how leading systems are redesigning the front door here.

13. A patient’s financial instability can predict recovery as powerfully as medication adherence. Hear why that should change care delivery in this webinar.

14. Becker’s late-August webinar lineup: patient safety, referral intake, AI trust and supply chain data. See the sessions here.

 

 

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