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The Administrative Seat Behavioral Health Forgot to Fund
A therapist finishes a session at 10:50 and has ten minutes before the next one. In that gap she returns a call from a prospective client who wants to know whether his plan covers therapy. She checks a payer portal for reauthorization, then starts the progress note she will finish at...
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Protecting Trust, Enabling Care: The Balance of Behavioral Health AI Policy
AI is no longer a future consideration for behavioral health providers, with a recent report highlighting that clinicians' adoption of these tools is outpacing nearly all recent health technologies. It is being used to support everything from documentation, session preparation, and scheduling to...
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Keeping Clinicians in Private Practice: AI’s Role in Sustaining the Behavioral Health Workforce
The behavioral health workforce is under strain as demand for mental healthcare continues to accelerate. Over one third of the U.S. population lives in a Mental Health Professional Shortage Area as of 2024. Private practice clinicians are central to serving these communities, offering a low-cost...
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The Current State of OMH Housing
New York is one of the most expensive states in the country to live in, while the consumers that our nonprofit OMH housing providers serve are among the poorest. This combination requires New York State to step in to help make available enough safe and affordable housing for the most vulnerable...
