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1. Maryland sues UnitedHealth for $380M over Medicaid behavioral system issues Full story
2. Walmart to pay $50M to settle invalid prescription allegations Full story
3. Becker’s has long tracked hospital and health system deals big and small. Now that tracking has its own newsletter: Becker’s Health System M&A Report, launching Aug. 31. Subscribe here.
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4. DEA temporarily places 3 kratom-related substances in Schedule I Full story
5. The skills new psychiatrists lack on day 1, per 3 physician leaders Full story
6. AI enters behavioral health faster than most can govern it. Joint Commission experts on how to catch up here.

7. 2 Montana psychiatric groups file complaints alleging Blue Cross downcoding Full story
8. Urban buprenorphine prescribers nearly tripled since 2019, CDC finds Full story
9. Precise Behavioral raises $14.2M to scale platform Full story
10. 10 most in-demand specialties: Psychiatry ranks No. 3 Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities
11. A University of Minnesota gerontologist on why cognitive decline shows up in a checkbook first. Join this webinar.
12. Tufts Medicine’s SVP on connecting at-risk behavioral health patients at the moments that matter — Sept. 18 webinar.
13. Behavioral health utilization rose 62.6%. See how leading systems are rebuilding capacity here.
14. Becker’s late-August webinar lineup: patient safety, referral intake, AI trust and supply chain data. 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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