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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Getting On The AI Train
May 13, 2026If headlines are any indication, the use of AI in health care has the attention of policymakers, payer and provider organization executives, and clinical professionals. And one of the first major flashpoints is prior authorization. Just in the past couple… -
Finding ROI In MOUD
May 12, 2026The consumer outcome benefits of medication-assisted addiction treatment (MAT) for addictions are well documented, including higher remission (see Real-World Effectiveness Of Medication-Assisted Treatment And Psychotherapy For Opioid Use Disorder), increased odds of survival (see Evaluating The Optimal Duration Of Medication… -
Crafting Crisis
May 11, 2026A little over 5% of all emergency department visits (5,215 of 100,000 visits) in the U.S. were for mental health issues. And these visits vary by both consumer age and diagnosis, according to new data—Mental Health-Related Emergency Department Visits—released by… -
The Integrated Care Recipe
May 7, 2026One of the most common models for integrating primary and behavioral health services is the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model (CoCM). And the use of the model is growing. Between 2018 and 2024, the number of commercially insured consumers involved in the… -
The Risk Plunge
May 6, 2026Many provider organization executives are “undecided” about the wisdom of pursuing performance-based or value-based reimbursement (VBR) with downside financial risk. I’ve always been a fan—assuming the rate setting is sound and the contract is well written. Why? Because it is… -
Proceed With Caution
May 5, 2026As part of the latest digital transformation in health care, clinical professionals appear to be fully embracing artificial intelligence (AI)—94% of physicians from 15 specialties reported either currently using AI or expressing interest in doing so, and among the 37%… -
Start With Strategy, Not History
May 4, 2026What shapes your organization’s workforce planning? If your organization is like 91% of organizations, it’s headcount cost that drives decisions. That was a key finding of a new survey—Leveraging The Executive Leadership Team To Improve Workforce Planning. After the cost… -
The Ripple Effect
May 1, 2026There has been a lot of confusion about how last year’s Congressional budget bill, coined the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4, 2025, will affect Medicaid this year (see The 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill… -
When You’ve Seen One
April 30, 2026Getting your arms around the current state of risk-based, value-based, and performance-based reimbursement in the health care field is no simple task. But the recently-released market analysis—APM Measurement Progress Of Alternative Payment Models—does a good job of both definitions and… -
Reinventing Mobile Crisis
April 29, 2026The use of mobile crisis teams (MCTs) is accelerating across the country. Between 2022 and 2023, there was a 19% increase in the number of MCT—from about 1,330 to 1,585. The MCT served more than 61,000 consumers in 2023, a…
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