Sariah Hopkins of Atlantic Health Strategies previews AHS’s sponsorship and speaking role at BHOC26, September 8-10 at Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach. The post ties outcomes measurement directly to payer contract dollars operators can actually see on a remittance.
The Rogers Behavioral Health union vote in Wisconsin isn’t a one-off. It’s a signal. Here’s what behavioral health operators should be doing right now to assess organizing vulnerability and fix the people-ops gaps that invite card campaigns in the first place.
Universal Health Services’ announced agreement to acquire Talkspace for approximately $835 million represents more than a strategic telehealth expansion. It signals a structural shift in the behavioral healthcare market toward vertically integrated, institutionally scaled care models capable of delivering services…
On January 8, 2026, the White House announced the creation of a new Department of Justice Division for National Fraud Enforcement, signaling a structural escalation in federal healthcare oversight. The new division is designed to centralize fraud enforcement efforts across…
Elevance Health, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, has announced plans to intensify its use of advanced analytics to identify outliers and high-cost billing patterns within its provider network. The initiative, disclosed during a recent earnings discussion, will focus…
Praesum Healthcare Services, LLC, a Florida-based operator of behavioral health and addiction treatment facilities, has completed the sale of substantially all of its assets following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in the Southern District of Florida. The transaction, approved under…
Discovery Behavioral Health, a major operator of more than 130 behavioral health treatment programs nationwide, mounted an emergency legal challenge in New York Supreme Court on December 15, 2025, seeking to block what it characterized as an unlawful lender takeover…
The American Psychiatric Association’s announcement that it intends to fundamentally modernize the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders marks one of the most consequential shifts in behavioral healthcare infrastructure in decades. The DSM has never been merely a clinical…
As of January 1, 2026, Texas has joined a small but growing group of states implementing comprehensive artificial intelligence governance frameworks. The Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act, widely referred to as TRAIGA, officially moved from statute to enforcement, positioning…
A D.C. Council hearing in late January 2026 put St. Elizabeths Hospital under an unusually bright spotlight, with staff, advocates, and officials describing an environment where safety, care delivery, and basic operational controls are fraying at the same time. According…
