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More Diagnoses, New Demands: Best Of The 2025 OPEN MINDS Autism & I/DD Executive Summit
Executive Briefing | June 24, 2025The new CDC analysis, Prevalence And Early Identification Of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 4 And 8 Years, estimates the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to be 3.2%, 32.2 per 1,000, or one in every 31 children. This is… -
Uber Launches Senior Accounts & Simple Mode Nationwide To Make The Uber App More Accessible For Older Adults
Market Watch | June 24, 2025Uber Technologies, Inc. launched a new feature, senior accounts, and a âsimpleâ mode setting to make the Uber ride share app more accessible and intuitive for older adults. Senior accounts are available nationwide in the United States. Senior accounts are… -
Paytient Secures $40 Million From Trinity Capital To Fuel Market ExpansionÂ
Market Watch | June 24, 2025Paytient, which provides health care payment solutions for consumers, secured a $40 million growth capital investment from Trinity Capital. The funding will support Paytient’s expansion into large group employer-sponsored plans, alternative health plans, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace, and… -
Stepped Care Solutions Releases Updated PeerOnCall Digital Support Application For Mental HealthÂ
Market Watch | June 24, 2025Stepped Care Solutions (SCS), a mission-driven not-for-profit organization, released an updated version of PeerOnCall, its digital peer support application (app) created to enhance mental health and wellness in the workplace. Originally designed by researchers at McMaster University, the PeerOnCall app… -
Nest Health Launches Home-Based Substance Use Disorder Program
Market Watch | June 24, 2025Nest Health, which provides family-centered, home-based health care for high-risk families, today announced the launch of Nest Rooted Recovery. The new program provides treatment and medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) by bringing evidence-based addiction treatment into the home and… -
myLaurel Secures $12 Million To Further Its Acute Care At Home ProgramÂ
Market Watch | June 24, 2025myLaurel, which provides home-based acute and transitional care, raised $12 million from existing investors. The round was led by Deerfield Management and GV, with participation from Emerson Collective, Pinta Partners, Ochsner Health, and management. The goal is to work toward… -
Health Care Workforce Recovery After The End Of The COVID-19 Emergency
Market Intelligence Resource | June 24, 2025In June 2025, JAMA published the results of a study using industry- and national-level employment data to assess health care employment changes relative to changes in nonâhealth care sectors from 2016-2024, spanning COVID-19 prepandemic and postpandemic periods. -
Home Health Agencies Offering Telehealth Use Decreased 19% Since COVID-19 EndedÂ
Weekly News Wire | June 24, 2025The number of home health agencies (HHAs) offering telehealth services declined by 19% after the COVID-19 public health emergency ended, according to a survey of 791 HHAs. The researchers concluded that the future of telehealth among HHAs will depend on… -
Colorado Updates Medicaid Rules & Eases Regulations On Assisted Living ResidencesÂ
Weekly News Wire | June 24, 2025On May 28, 2025, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed legislation that includes provisions to protect the stateâs long-term care industry, specifically assisted living residences, by easing regulations that affect how the residences add capacity. The legislation also includes provisions to… -
30% Of Health Care-Related AI Pilots Reach ProductionÂ
Weekly News Wire | June 24, 2025About 30% of artificial intelligence (AI) pilots intended for health care applications reach production, based on a recent survey conducted by Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain & Company and Amazon Web Services. The survey respondents said that security, data readiness, integration… -
Colorado House Bill 25-1213: Updates To Medicaid – Concerning Changes To The Medical Assistance Program
Market Intelligence Resource | June 24, 2025On May 29, 2025, the Colorado House of Representatives published this House Bill (HB) 25-1213 concerning updates to Medicaid, concerning changes to the Medical Assistance Program. The act exempts an assisted living residence that has not undergone new construction or… -
Keira M. v. Quin
Market Intelligence Resource | June 24, 2025On May 19, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee published this Keira M. v. Quin class action complaint. In the case, a group of children in Tennessee foster care sued the state in a class… -
Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan (PIHP) Public Survey Summary
Market Intelligence Resource | June 24, 2025On May 22, 2025, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) published this prepaid inpatient health plan (PIHP) public survey plan. The survey included 18-question to solicit feedback on specialty behavioral health service delivery by PIHPs, focused on… -
Tech With Clinical Impact
Executive Briefing | June 23, 2025After nearly 15 years of commercial availability, consumer-facing wearable devices are owned by one in three Americans, according to Health Care 2025: How Consumer-Facing Devices Change Health Management and Delivery. These devices include smart watches, apps, and machines providing continuous monitoring of a wide range… -
Catholic Charities Of Broome County, New York Terminating Family Counseling Program
Market Watch | June 23, 2025Catholic Charities of Broome County is ending its Family Counseling Program, effective June 30. Participants were first notified in person at their sessions beginning in April, followed by a formal letter. Catholic Charities is working with participants to find alternate… -
New Day Healthcare To Enter New Mexico With Acquisition Of Heritage Home HealthcareÂ
Market Watch | June 23, 2025New Day Healthcare, which offers home-based services, entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Heritage Home Healthcare, in New Mexico. This acquisition is New Dayâs 15th acquisition since its founding in 2020, and its first expansion into New Mexico. New… -
Texana Center Shutting Down Its 14 Houston-Area I/DD Group Homes
Market Watch | June 23, 2025Texana Center, a Houston-area provider organization, is shutting down its 14 group homes for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and laying off more than 100 workers. The closures are planned through 2025. Approximately 50 clients will be affected.… -
Virta Health Launches Cost Guarantees For Its Weight Loss & Diabetes Reversal Program, Promising 0% GLP-1 Utilization Trend & Guaranteed Weight LossÂ
Market Watch | June 23, 2025Virta Health announced a weight loss program available through employers that the company says will pay for itself and rein in GLP-1 spending increases, which are rising 70â200% annually across the industry. Virta stated that it commits to stopping these… -
New RejoynÂź App For Depression Launched In Great Britain
Market Watch | June 23, 2025Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe Ltd., Otsuka Pharmaceuticals (U.K.) Ltd. (Otsuka) and Click Therapeutics, Inc. (Click) launched their RejoynÂź app in Great Britain. Rejoyn is the first prescription-only smartphone app in Great Britain for depressive disorder. It is currently available within select National Health… -
California Medicaid To Transition ICF-DD Continuous Nursing Settings From Waiver Coverage To State Plan Long-Term Care Benefit Under Federal HCBS Settings Final Rule
Weekly News Wire | June 23, 2025The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is developing a Medicaid state plan amendment (SPA) to transition coverage of Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled âContinuous Nursing (ICF/DD-CN) from waiver coverage to a state plan long-term care benefit.… -
Consumption Of Ultraprocessed Foods May Cause More Than 14% Of Preventable Premature Deaths In The United StatesÂ
Weekly News Wire | June 23, 2025Consumption of ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) is estimated to be the cause of 14% of the 906,795 premature deaths of people between ages 30 and 69 in the United States from 2017 to 2018, according to a recent study of nutritional… -
Tennessee Foster Children File Class Action Lawsuit Against Department Of Children’s ServicesÂ
Weekly News Wire | June 23, 2025On May 19, 2025, a group of children in Tennessee foster care sued the state in a class action lawsuit, alleging that the Department of Childrenâs Services (DCS) exposes children to significant risk of harm. A trial date was not… -
Michigan Medicaid Survey Finds Dissatisfaction With Breadth Of Care Options For Behavioral Health Â
Weekly News Wire | June 23, 2025Michigan Medicaid beneficiaries and provider organizations participating in public specialty behavioral health services both expressed dissatisfaction with the breadth of available care options, which they said limited access, according to a stakeholder survey. The Michigan Department of Health and Human… -
Career Enhancement Gains Strength As Employment Retention Tool for I/DD Direct Support ProfessionalsÂ
Weekly News Wire | June 23, 2025As of March 2025, more direct support professionals (DSPs) for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) said in survey responses that they are likely to stay with their organization if career advancement programs are offered, compared to data from 2023. The…