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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When The Rate Doesn’t Work
September 21, 2026Medicaid reimbursement for applied behavior analysis (ABA) is in flux across the country – in terms of rates, documentation, and compliance requirements. And because Medicaid is primarily a state responsibility, approaches to managing Medicaid ABA services vary. Minnesota has been at the… -
When Transparency = Trust
September 18, 2026Imagine being at a car dealership, finally ready to buy that little red sportscar you’ve been eyeing for years. Imagine asking, “How much?” And imagine hearing, “I can’t tell you.” Or, even worse, “It depends.” Ridiculous? Absolutely. But it happens… -
Building The Missing Model
September 17, 2026Adults with disabilities had three times the rate of alcohol use disorder (AUD) than non-disabled adults. In particular, adults with serious mental illness and acquired brain injury had rates that were over 10 and five times higher than adults without… -
Culture To The Core
September 16, 2026Employee engagement continues to decline, plummeting to 20% in 2025 – meaning four out of five in the workforce are disengaged according to recent research, State Of The Global Workplace 2026. This is lowest point for employee engagement since 2022,… -
The Employee-Owned Factor
September 15, 2026Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) are emerging as significant players in the booming merger and acquisition (M&A) landscape, both as acquirers and targets, according to a new analysis, As M&A Activity Swells, ESOPs Emerge As A Potent New Player. ESOP… -
Affordability Or Trust?
September 14, 2026Which matters more to consumers – affordability or trust? I was surprised to read in Rebuilding Patient Trust: Where Healthcare Gets It Wrong and How Rising Healthcare Costs Are Fueling a Patient Trust Crisis – that they are more than… -
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
September 10, 2026About 40% of cancer treatment programs screen the consumer they are treating for social determinants of health (SDOH) and their health-related social needs (HRSNs). Screening was more likely in Medicaid or uninsured consumers according to new research – Current Practices… -
Driving Staff Retention With AI
September 3, 2026For all we hear about artificial intelligence (AI) taking over the workforce, a new survey of employed Americans found that use of AI is highly uneven – and opinions of AI are highly charged – see American Workers Assess AI… -
The Autism Stats Tell It All
September 2, 2026“When an autistic child goes missing, every minute matters,” said U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., announcing the first-ever National Autism Missing and Endangered Person alert initiative last month – HHS Launches First… -
Clinical Results Need Financial Innovation
September 1, 2026Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) programs are one of many initiatives to move provider organization care delivery and payment to models focused on performance with value-based reimbursement (VBR). Since the model was established in 2017 with 66 CCBHCs operating…
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