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New York Class Action Lawsuit Claims ‘Ghost Network’ 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… -
Jane Doe, et al v. Carelon
Market Intelligence Resource | May 26, 2025On April 28, 2025, the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York published the Jane Doe, et al v. Carelon class action complaint. The complaint alleges that the Empire Plan in the New York State Health Insurance… -
Breaking Through The Chaos: The Premier Institute For Clinical Efficiency Will Help Health Care Organizations Overcome Industry-Wide Uncertainty
Press Release | May 18, 2025GETTYSBURG, Pa., May 18, 2025 — As health and human services organizations navigate today’s sweeping policy changes and industry hurdles rattling the entire health care market, it is more crucial than ever for health sector leaders to stay on the… -
Tech Innovation Takes Center Stage At The 2025 OPEN MINDS Pitch Day, Sponsored By Vista Care
Press Release | May 11, 2025GETTYSBURG, Pa., May 5, 2025 — After a rigorous evaluation process, OPEN MINDS is proud to announce the eight organizations that have been selected to present at the 2025 OPEN MINDS Pitch Day, sponsored by Vista Care, and taking place… -
Picking Up The Housing Check
Executive Briefing | April 1, 2025The prevalence of housing instability is up. In 2024, 23 of every 10,000 people in the U.S.—experienced homelessness in an emergency shelter, safe haven, transitional housing program, or in unsheltered locations across the country—the highest ever documented (see Making Housing Pay and The 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR)… -
From Big To Bigger
Executive Briefing | March 7, 2025The five publicly traded companies—Centene, CVS Health, Elevance, Molina, and UnitedHealth—control half of the U.S. Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) enrollment, according to the new report, A Look At Medicaid Enrollment And Finances Of The Five Largest Medicaid Managed Care Plans. Centene… -
The Kids Have It—A Look At Recent Health & Human Service Contract Awards
Executive Briefing | March 5, 2025What does the future federal funding roadmap look like for services for children? That was the focus of the recent Urban Institute analysis, How Would Children Fare Under Proposed Cuts To Federal Spending?. Currently, across all federal expenditures (not including tax… -
Impress Capital Investors At The 2025 Strategy & Innovation Institute in New Orleans!
Press Release | February 23, 2025Deadline To Apply: March 31, 2025 Gettysburg, PA – The highly anticipated 2025 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute returns to New Orleans from June 10-12, 2025. This premier event is designed to transform strategic excellence into a competitive advantage… -
The Data To Be Nimble: Best Of The 2025 OPEN MINDS Performance Management Institute
Executive Briefing | February 21, 2025The “buzz” at last week’s 2025 OPEN MINDS Performance Management Institute was all about the unknown. Not surprisingly, most health and human service executives are unsure about what is going to happen with both the new Administration and new players in the field. My… -
The Peers Have It: The Most Read 2024 OPEN MINDS RFPs
Executive Briefing | February 17, 2025It’s been over two years since the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline was replaced by the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (see U.S. 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Is Live As Of July 16, 2022). How has the delivery system changed? A… -
Alter Behavioral Health Opens New Residential Mental Health Facility In Dana Point, California
Market Watch | February 12, 2025Alter Behavioral Health opened a new residential mental health center in Dana Point, California. The facility will provide treatment for depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and borderline personality disorder. It treats drug and alcohol addiction, including detoxification… -
The Market Share Derby
Executive Briefing | February 6, 2025Looking at our coverage of the trend-setting developments in the health and human field over the past few months, the news was really about the shifting control of what is now 17.6% of the total economy. A new analysis found that… -
Health Plan Roundtable: The 2025 Landscape
Executive Education On-Demand | February 6, 2025This presentation took place at The 2025 OPEN MINDS Performance Management Institute. Attendees heard from Stuart Buttlaire, Ph.D., MBA, Former Regional Director Of Behavioral Health & Addiction Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, Briana Duffy, MBA, LSW, Market President, Carelon Behavioral Health, James Henderson, Chief… -
Rules & Rates: Most Read News Stories Of 2024
Executive Briefing | January 27, 2025In a changing landscape, health and human service executive are keeping an eye on the shifting reimbursement rules and rates. A look at our most read news coverage of last year finds that top of mind topics are new service opportunities… -
Get Your Strategy Game On: OPEN MINDS Most Watched 2024 Institute Presentations
Executive Briefing | January 15, 2025The strategic questions of the day—what are the implications of any new market development? As a result, how does our strategy need to be adjusted to ensure success? I spoke to the shifting market factors—the implications of more “whole person” approaches… -
Less Than One Month Away – Five Innovative Industry Cases To Be Presented At The 2025 OPEN MINDS Whole Person Care Summit in Florida
Press Release | January 12, 2025Clearwater, FL – The 2025 OPEN MINDS Whole Person Care Summit, sponsored by Alera Health, will present five industry case studies on February 12 that feature groundbreaking strategies for delivering, scaling, and enhancing whole person care. In contemporary health care… -
Crisis Management & Technology Resource Center
Page | January 6, 2025Crisis Management & Technology Technology can play a key role in crisis management for behavioral health by improving communication, coordination, and access to care Have A Topic Question? Ask An OPEN MINDS Expert Explore Additional Sponsored Content IntelligenceExplorer Listing -
Georgia Rebids Its Blended Mobile Crisis Response Services For People With I/DD
Weekly News Wire | December 26, 2024On December 5, 2024, the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) released a request for proposals (RFP 44100-DBH0000612) to rebid its blended Mobile Crisis Response Services (MCRS) for people with behavioral health disorders and/or intellectual/developmental disability (I/DD).… -
Financial Sustainability Takes Center Stage At The 2025 OPEN MINDS CFO Summit, Sponsored By ContinuumCloud
Press Release | December 22, 2024Clearwater, FL – As health care infrastructures become increasingly complex, Chief Financial Officers grapple with the complexities of funding essential investments, while protecting long-term economic sustainability to enable the continued delivery of care. Organizations of all sizes are relying on… -
Two Steps Forward: The Best Of The 2024 OPEN MINDS CEO Technology Summit
Executive Briefing | November 26, 2024So much about the adoption of technology in health and human services seems to follow the adage “two steps forward, and one step back”. It is not smooth or fast. After billions of dollars in federal money and a pandemic, the specialty… -
The Convenience Question
Executive Briefing | November 23, 2024What is the future of retail health clinics? The article, Why Retail Health Clinics Failed, appearing recently in Harvard Business Review, has reached the conclusion that the convenient care wave is over. I’m not sure I agree. It has certainly been a tumultuous… -
Where Is Tech Headed? Best Of The 2024 OPEN MINDS Technology & Analytics Institute
Executive Briefing | November 20, 2024Where is tech in health care headed? This piece appeared the day of the close of our 2024 OPEN MINDS Technology & Analytics Institute—A.I. Chatbots Defeated Doctors At Diagnosing Illness. The study found that the chatbot scored an average of 90% when diagnosing… -
Responding To Crisis
Executive Briefing | November 18, 2024Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved New Hampshire’s Medicaid state plan amendment for community-based mobile crisis intervention teams to provide services for people experiencing a mental health or substance use disorder crisis (see CMS Approves New Hampshire’s… -
The Dual Question
Executive Briefing | November 16, 2024There has been a lot of movement around the dual-eligible Medicare/Medicaid population and managed care. In the past few months, we’ve seen new developments in many states. Some of our most recent coverage includes: Illinois Medicaid D-SNP Procurement Attracts Six… -
Health Care Leaders To Convene At 2025 OPEN MINDS Whole Person Care Summit in Florida To Overcome The Care Delivery Gaps Affecting The Industry
Press Release | November 10, 2024Clearwater, FL – A leading topic for contemporary healthcare organizations is developing innovative ways to master their whole-person care methodologies to grow business opportunities, provide sustainable revenue sources, and facilitate the ideal level of care for all patients with complex…