Executive Briefings
A series of insights from OPEN MINDS Founder and CEO, Monica E. Oss, Executive Briefings are 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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Who Moved The Medicaid Cheese? A Look At Some Of The Largest 2025 Contract Awards
February 3, 2026Health care is complicated—and often a bewildering inconvenience for consumers. Almost 90% of employers are seeking “bids” from health plans for employee health insurance this year (see Employer Health Care Costs Projected To Increase By 9.1% For 2026 Plan Year). And at… -
Trauma-Informed Care As Culture
February 2, 2026Once strictly a clinical approach, trauma-informed care (TIC) is now a pathway for improving consumer experience as well as clinical outcomes at most provider organizations. But for all the focus on the trauma-informed experience in recent years, I was surprised… -
The Telehealth Factor: Most Popular OPEN MINDS Program Profiles Of 2025
January 30, 2026Telehealth use exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic, expanding to a host of services from mental health to primary care, urgent care, and other areas. But a study of the Medicare fee-for-service population revealed that telehealth did not increase outpatient office… -
For Non-Profits, How Big Is Big Enough?
January 29, 2026U.S. non-profit organizations eliminated almost 29,000 jobs in 2025, up from 5,640 in 2024. The recent analysis, Job Cuts Fall To Lowest Level In 17 Months; Highest December Hiring Since 2022, revealed the non-profit sector layoffs were part of a… -
The ACA Marketplace Plunge: The Most Read OPEN MINDS Industry Resources Of 2025Â
January 28, 2026This year, there are two landmark changes in health plan policies that will affect the U.S. insured population. First, starting January 1, we had the end of the premium supports for many consumers getting insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health… -
Getting Ready For Consumer Contagion
January 27, 2026Health care service “satisfaction scores” will be increasingly shaped by “consumer contagion,” according to a new analysis, The Direct-to-Patient Future of Health Care. What does this mean? Consumers do not benchmark their health care experiences against other experiences in health… -
Finding The Signal In The Noise: The Most Read OPEN MINDS Market Watch Stories Of 2025
January 26, 2026It seems so overwhelming at times. Is there a day when something doesn’t change? Last year, our OPEN MINDS team covered over 1,030 news and market watch stories. Among the many developments, our member executives zeroed in on the endless… -
The Changing Face of Medicaid Managed Care: The Most Downloaded OPEN MINDS RFPs Of 2025
January 23, 2026Despite the current and changing rules for Medicaid policy, financing, and reimbursement (see Building A Vision & Strategy For Navigating Uncertain Times: The Health & Human Service Leader’s Challenge), Medicaid remains a major payer in the U.S. health care system.… -
Whose Evidence For Autism?
January 22, 2026In the recent OPEN MINDS briefing, Whose Evidence?, my colleague, Stuart Buttlaire, Ph.D., OPEN MINDS vice president of clinical excellence and leadership, discussed the realities of navigating the question of evidence-based practices (EBPs). The bottom line—there is no one-size-fits-all solution… -
Success With Growth: The Most Popular OPEN MINDS Executive Roundtables Of 2025
January 21, 2026In a health and human service market landscape where referrals and reimbursement for almost every service seems to be in question, growth and diversification are the antidote for most executive teams. But growth brings its own challenges. A recent article—How To Navigate…
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