When Workforce Strategy Becomes a Finance Problem

• By: Carter Freeman Western Region, vcfo
• January 19th, 2026
• AI in healthcare, behavioral health workforce, clinician retention, financial sustainability, operational efficiency, staff burnout, turnover costs, Winter 2026 Issue, workforce shortages
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Every behavioral-health CEO I work with is watching the same crisis unfold. They need more clinicians than the market can supply, and even when they succeed in hiring, keeping those clinicians becomes a significant challenge. More than 122 million Americans live in areas where they might struggle...