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Building A Whole System For Whole Health: OPEN MINDS Publishes An Interview With Corbin Petro, CEO, Carelon Behavioral Health During Mental Health Month
Press Release | May 9, 2026GETTYSBURG, Pa. (May 9, 2026) â Mental Health Awareness Month 2026 kicks off at OPEN MINDS with a virtual interview with Carelon Behavioral Healthâs (Carelon) chief executive officer, Corbin Petro. Carelon is one of the largest payers responsible for the… -
Proceed With Caution
Executive Briefing | May 5, 2026As part of the latest digital transformation in health care, clinical professionals appear to be fully embracing artificial intelligence (AI)â94% of physicians from 15 specialties reported either currently using AI or expressing interest in doing so, and among the 37%… -
Building A Whole System For Whole Health: A Conversation with Corbin Petro, Chief Executive Officer, Carelon Behavioral Health
Sponsored by Carelon Behavioral HealthExecutive Perspective | April 23, 2026Corbin Petro, Chief Executive Officer, Carelon Behavioral Health & Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS, sit down during Mental Health Awareness Month to discuss the current landscape of whole person care for consumers with mental illnesses and substance abuse conditions.… -
Crisis Impact
Executive Briefing | February 6, 2026Itâs been more than five years since the 988 system in the U.S. went live (see 15% Of Mental Health Apps Refer Users To 988 & 24% Offer An Alternative Hotline). There have been local refinements along the way. Cleveland passed Tanishaâs… -
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Magellan Behavioral Health Of Pennsylvania Starts As New HealthChoices BH-MCO For Somerset & Bedford Counties
Weekly News Wire | January 13, 2026Magellan Behavioral Health of Pennsylvania (Magellan) started a new contract with Behavioral Health Services of Somerset and Bedford Counties, Inc., (BHSSBC) in Pennsylvania as the regionâs new Medicaid HealthChoices behavioral health managed care organization (BH-MCO) on November 1, 2025. Magellan… -
California School Districts Have Billed $1.8 Million Through The Student Behavioral Health Initiative
Weekly News Wire | December 18, 2025Californiaâs local education agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in the multi-payer Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) Fee Schedule program have billed $1.8 million during their first year for school-based mental health screenings, treatment, and… -
California Children & Youth Behavioral Health Initiative Fee Schedule Program
Market Intelligence Resource | December 16, 2025On October 2, 2025, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) published this Fee Schedule Program for the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI). DHCS contracted with a statewide third-party administrator (TPA) to support successful implementation of the… -
Queue The Cure
Executive Briefing | December 15, 2025Technology and analytics are an important ingredient in almost every domain of health and human servicesâincluding crisis services. That was the focus of my remarks in the recent podcast episodeâBeing There For Youthâof the 988 Crisis Jam Podcast. For organizations… -
Making Crisis Work, The Rural Edition
Executive Briefing | December 11, 2025There are over 10,000 mental health apps available to consumers (see Methods For Navigating The Mobile Mental Health App Landscape For Clinical Use). One question raised in a recent research articleâMental Health Apps And Crisis Support: Exploring The Impact Of… -
OPEN MINDS Institute Looks To The Future As Evolving Technologies Converge With Health Care Provider Organizations During The 2025 OPEN MINDS Technology & Analytics Institute
Press Release | November 9, 2025GETTYSBURG, PA. (November 9, 2025) â From October 21 â 23, 2025, 600 health and human services executives gathered in the heart of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania forâŻThe 2025âŻOPEN MINDSâŻTechnology & Analytics Institute. Held annually and renowned for keeping behavioral health care… -
Garbage In, Garbage Out
Executive Briefing | November 8, 2025Health and human services executives universally say they want performance metrics to make data-driven decisions. But according to a new surveyâClinical Architecture 2025 Healthcare Data Quality Reportâpoor data quality is a problem. Across the field, 79% of executives say poor… -
Will You Be Replaced By Technology?: Best Of The 2025 OPEN MINDS Technology & Analytics Institute
Executive Briefing | October 31, 2025âWill you be replaced by technology?ââCan you replace your staff with automation driven by artificial intelligence?â Those were questions asked more than once at last weekâs 2025 OPEN MINDS Technology & Analytics Institute. The answer is, of course: It depends. And that could… -
What A Difference A State Makes
Executive Briefing | October 30, 2025A new look at health insurance coverageâHealth Insurance Coverage By State: 2023 And 2024âfound that the uninsured rate for all ages increased in 18 states and the District of Columbia and declined in two states from 2023 to 2024. As… -
Complicated Choices
Executive Briefing | October 17, 2025The health plan market has become increasingly complicated. Of the estimated 33 million people in Medicare Advantage plans, 50% were enrolled in either a UnitedHealthcare or Humana plan (see Most Medicare Advantage Markets Are Dominated By One Or Two Insurers).… -
An Update On Innovative New Payer Programs At CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Community Behavioral Health, Lucet Health & Carelon: A Roundtable Discussion
On-Demand Institute Session | October 15, 2025This presentation took place at The 2025Â OPEN MINDSÂ Technology & Analytics Institute. Attendees heard from Jennifer A. Schugam, LCSWC, MSW, Director, Behavioral Health | Health Services Division, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield; Joseph J. DiMeo, Jr., MS, Behavioral Health Coordinator For Community Health… -
Advancing Crisis Care With Carelon Through Data-Driven Technology
On-Demand Institute Session | October 15, 2025This presentation took place at The 2025Â OPEN MINDSÂ Technology & Analytics Institute. Debbie Atkins, MAC, LPC, Vice President, Growth, and Neeraj Joshi, Senior Director Of Product Management of Carelon Behavioral Health, discussed their Crisis Administrative Service Organization (crisis ASO) model. This… -
Brighter Tomorrows: Building Next Generation Crisis Systems To Prevent Youth Suicide: A Discussion With Corbin Petro, Chief Executive Officer Of Carelon Behavioral Health
Sponsored by Carelon Behavioral HealthExecutive Perspective | September 26, 2025Corbin Petro, Chief Executive Officer, Carelon Behavioral Health & Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS, discuss the changing landscape of suicide prevention services and how Carelon is bringing science and data-informed approaches to ending youth suicide. Suicide is a leading… -
The C-Suite View: Best Of The 2025âŻOPEN MINDS Executive Leadership Retreat
Executive Briefing | September 25, 2025What is the c-suite perspective on the current economic climate? Most chief executive officers (57%) expect todayâs political and economic uncertainty to last well beyond a year. And over half (52%) are investing for growth. These were the findings of… -
Leading The Change: Insights From Payers On Serving High-Needs Consumers While Staying Resilient
On-Demand Institute Session | September 18, 2025This presentation took place at The 2025Â OPEN MINDSÂ Executive Leadership Retreat. Bruce A. Eddy, Ph.D., Executive Director, Jackson County Community Mental Health Fund and Maureen Tarpinian, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Carelon, discussed their perspectives on how the latest industry shifts are… -
Massachusetts Selects Provider Organizations For Medicaid HCBS For Child Behavioral Health
Weekly News Wire | September 17, 2025Massachusetts announced 36 community service agency awards for providing home- and community-based services (HCBS) for children who are MassHealth membersânearly half of all children in Massachusettsâwith behavioral, emotional, and mental health needs. This will be the first expansion of the… -
Carelon Behavioral Health & OPEN MINDS Partner To Advance Best Practice Crisis Systems Of Care
Press Release | August 17, 2025GETTYSBURG, Pa. (August 17, 2025) â OPEN MINDS and Carelon Behavioral Health announced today their continuing partnership to support world-class behavioral health crisis service delivery. Carelonâs crisis service solutions integrate proprietary, advanced technology and system management with direct crisis care… -
New York Cracks Down On âGhost Networksâ With 10-Day Behavioral Health Access StandardÂ
Weekly News Wire | July 16, 2025New York state implemented a new behavioral health network adequacy regulation intended to prevent insurance plans from including so-called âghost networkâ entries in their provider organization network directories. The regulation also establishes a 10-day access standard for initial outpatient behavioral… -
Tech With Clinical Impact
Executive Briefing | June 23, 2025One-in-three Americans have medical-grade diagnostic technology, ranging from wearable continuous glucose monitors, to watches and smartphones with various sensors to measure physical and mental wellbeing (see Health Care 2025: How Consumer-Facing Devices Change Health Management and Delivery). These devices, along… -
New York Class Action Lawsuit Claims âGhost Networkâ Limits Empire Plan Member Access Through Carelon Behavioral Health
Weekly News Wire | May 27, 2025On April 28, 2025, a class action lawsuit was filed in New York against Carelon Behavioral Health (Carelon), which provides mental health benefits to state and municipal employees who choose the Empire Plan under the New York State Health Insurance…
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