Executive Briefings
A series of insights from OPEN MINDS Founder and CEO, Monica E. Oss, Executiveâcrafted 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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From Deficit To Surplus
July 30, 2025The directive for todayâs provider organization chief financial officers (CFOs) is straightforwardâmaximize revenue and reduce costs. And one of the best tools for making that happen is technology. Unfortunately, many leaders arenât getting the biggest âbang for their buckâ when… -
The Opioid Hat Trick
July 29, 2025The availability of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) has increasedâbut still doesnât reflect the availability of medications for other health conditions. About 45% of opioid treatment programs (OTPs) offer all three approved medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD)âmethadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone… -
Think Crisis System
July 28, 2025The latest numbers for the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Line are in. The hotline received over 16 million contacts during the 30 months from its July 2022 launch and the end of 2024, according to the recent reports, More… -
Cost Management & The Complex
July 26, 2025Executives of health plans agree that 35% of total health care resources are used by the 5% of the population with a behavioral health disorder (see How Do Individuals With Behavioral Health Conditions Contribute To Physical And Total Healthcare Spending? and Concentration Of… -
Innovation Execution
July 25, 2025Last weekâs discussion of innovation, Innovation Not, brought a number of comments from members. The piece focused on three internal organizational cultural forcesâinternal power dynamics, a team bias toward the status quo, and fear of identity changeâthat executive teams need… -
Solving For Access
July 24, 2025One of the problems with mental health networks? When called by âmembers,â 45% of surveyed behavioral health provider organizations reported that they were not available to treat new consumers enrolled in traditional Medicare and Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid managed… -
Hope Is Not A Strategy
July 23, 2025Hope is not a strategy. That was the theme of the recent white paperâWhen The Mission Isnât Enough: How Nonprofit Health Care Organizations Drift Toward Insolvency, And The Warning Signs Hiding In Plain Sight. My read: hoping that financial health… -
Autism Surprise
July 22, 2025New research offers some surprising insights. More than one-third (36%) of all admissions for autistic adults in 2019 were for mental health. This compares to 23% for adults with I/DD and 41% for adults with ADHD (see Mental Health Hospitalization And… -
Purpose Trumps Structure
July 21, 2025Do 70% of mergers fail (see Donât Make This Common M&A Mistake) or do 70% of mergers succeed (see A Better Approach to Mergers and Acquisitions)? The experts canât seem to agree. Either way, what is fundamental is the need… -
The Aging Of Reentry
July 19, 2025Similar to the overall U.S. population (see The Silver Surge Challenge), the incarcerated population is aging. Today, roughly one in four people in U.S. prisons are age 50 or older, compared to just 16% a decade ago. While âold ageâ…
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