Executive Briefings
A series of insights from OPEN MINDS Founder and CEO, Monica E. Oss, Executive—crafted for executive leaders navigating the complexities of health and human services. Each briefing connects market intelligence with expert analysis to help guide strategy, respond to disruption, and improve organizational performance.
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The CEO Search Challenge
July 16, 2025What is the chief executive officer (CEO) challenge? More CEOs are leaving—by their own choice or the choice of their boards of directors. And the pool of candidates who could replace an outgoing CEO is shallow. First, the CEO retention… -
The Change Game
July 15, 2025What a difference a few months make. A just-released survey of health care chief financial officers (CFO)—How Health Care CFOs Can Adapt To Emerging Industry Conditions—found a considerable shift in CFO outlook from the first quarter to the end of… -
The Stigma Gap
July 14, 2025Pulling together some recent data for a market analysis, I was surprised at the different trajectory for treatment between mental illnesses and addictions. In the U.S. in 2022, 23.1% of the population had a mental illness of some type, and… -
The Big Bill Fallout
July 12, 2025The debate is over, the dust has settled, and the federal budget bill—The 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill (H.R.1 – One Big Beautiful Bill Act)—has been signed into law. The major effect of the bill is that between now and… -
High Demand & Falling Revenue
July 10, 2025Not surprisingly, this headline caught my attention—Mental Health Jobs Boom Threatened By Trump’s Funding Cuts—when it appeared yesterday. The facts aren’t surprising. The Trump administration has sought to revoke more than $11 billion in grants for behavioral health services and an… -
Tech ROI – More Than Numbers
July 9, 2025What are the key issues in successful electronic health record (EHR) implementation? According to a report, of 25 Years Of Electronic Health Record Implementation Processes: compliance, collaboration, competence, and cost. The more pressing issue for most executive teams is how to best… -
Waiting Or Drifting?
July 2, 2025Right now, most executives in every field are faced with key decisions—in investments, expansion, hiring, and more (see Small Businesses Say They’re Pulling Back On Hiring Amid Tariff Uncertainty). But uncertainty in the market (in Federal policy, the pending Congressional budget bill,… -
It’s Harder To Get Paid
July 1, 2025For health care executives, 2024 was not a great year for revenue cycle management (RCM). A recent analysis of claims and billing data concluded what most executive teams know—it’s harder to get paid than it was a year ago. The February… -
Is Your Strategy Age Ready?
June 30, 2025A new Census Bureau report—Older Adults Outnumber Children In 11 States, Nearly Half Of Counties—should have every executive thinking. Older adults now outnumber children in 11 states—up from just three states in 2020. Nearly half of all counties across the country… -
From Your Wrist To The Cloud
June 28, 2025Health tech made its way again to the public spotlight when the U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that the Department of Health and Human Services plans to launch an advertising campaign—“one of the biggest advertising…
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