The Role of CCBHCs in Reducing Incarceration

• By: Veronica Richardson, MHA, RHIA, CHPS, CHC First Class Solutions, Inc.
• October 12th, 2026
• CCBHCs, community behavioral health, compliance, criminal justice diversion, crisis response, Fall 2026 Issue, reentry, serious mental illness, substance use disorders
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For decades, jails and prisons have functioned as the nation's largest, and least appropriate, providers of mental health and substance use treatment. People with untreated serious mental illness (SMI) and substance use disorders (SUD) often move repeatedly through arrest, incarceration, release,...

A Policy Lens on Psychiatric Overprescribing: Federal Priorities and Provider Impact

• By: Veronica Richardson, MHA, RHIA, CHPS, CHC First Class Solutions, Inc.
• July 29th, 2026
• behavioral health policy, HHS initiatives, informed consent, Medicare fraud, OIG oversight, psychiatric overprescribing, psychotropic medications, Summer 2026 Issue, treatment planning
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to emphasize its commitment to strengthening behavioral health care, including mental health and substance use treatment. In June, the agency announced more than $700 million in new funding to expand access to mental health and...