Plus: The skills new psychiatrists lack on day 1, per 3 physician leaders
August 31, 2026

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.

 

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.

 

 

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