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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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… -
From Technology To Treatment: The Best Of OPEN MINDS 2026 Digital Therapeutics Expo
August 31, 2026Digital therapeutics will gain wider adoption and reimbursement in the year ahead. That was the conclusion of a new analysis – Digital Health 2026: Ten Predictions As The Industry Shifts From Hype To Hardwiring. The analysts spoke of how digital… -
More Calls, Less Money
August 28, 2026You could call “988” a hit. As of March 2026 data, the volume of calls, texts, and chats across the network of 200 local and state-funded crisis call centers was 15% higher than a year earlier and nearly 50% higher than two… -
New Autism Rules Of The Road
August 27, 2026Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its ‘state toolkit’ on applied behavior analysis (ABA) benefit management – State Medicaid & Children’s Health Insurance Program Applied Behavior Analysis Toolkit). The toolkit was released with the… -
Accelerating The PACE
August 26, 2026PACE (the Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) is back in the news. In late July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) offered updated guidance on the operation of PACE programs (see 2026 Rural PACE Memo). Of… -
The Rural Rules For The Road
August 25, 2026With the large amount of money moving to states for ‘rural health transformation,’ there is a lot discussion around rural care delivery these days. The Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), enacted as part of H.R. 1, is a $50 billion,…
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