CMS is narrowing the runway for Medicaid-funded behavioral health inside jails and prisons. Reentry 1115 waivers still exist, but Trump-era guidance and the CAA 2024 suspension mandate are reshaping addressable markets. Operators and PE buyers eyeing correctional BH contracts need to reprice the vertical now.
Mississippi entered the federal CCBHC Medicaid demonstration in 2024, and the operator math has shifted fast. Here is what behavioral health operators should expect from DMH, the Division of Medicaid, and the PPS rate build, and where the dollars actually land.
OhioMHAS and the Ohio Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit are using a licensure application freeze as a fraud-enforcement lever in southern Ohio. Kyrstin Corliss and Leah Kendall break down what the pause means for pending applications, acquisitions, and PE-backed compliance programs.
Utah’s regulatory mitigation agreement with Legion Health is the first real template for how state agencies will license and supervise AI-driven psychiatric workflows. AHS unpacks what the guardrails likely look like and what operators in Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania should expect next.
The Oklahoma Board of Behavioral Health Licensure governs LPC, LMFT, LBP, and LADC licensure in the state. AHS works licensure projects in Oklahoma, Virginia, Florida, and California, and the lessons travel. Here is how we approach Oklahoma the way we approach the rest of our portfolio.
Atlantic Health Strategies Guides Founders, Operators, and Investors Through Every Step, from Feasibility to First Patient The need for behavioral health and addiction treatment services in the United States has never been more urgent, or more thoroughly documented. According…
Clinical vision alone does not create a sustainable behavioral health program Launching or improving a PHP, IOP, detox, or residential behavioral health program is one of the most complex undertakings in healthcare operations. These programs sit at the intersection of…
