How To Create A Strategy For Future Sustainability & Success: The <em>OPEN MINDS</em> Strategic Planning Process
Realizing “market advantage” means strategically planning for market advantage—a process that “everyone does,” but few executives perfect. When done well, strategic plans can either assure sustainability and drive performance, or they can make sure the organization can adapt quickly enough to make real-time adjustments. To help with that, this month I’m looking at a great,…
Who Should Do What? Scope of Practice; Treatment Tech Shift Clinical Best Practices
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer There has been a long debate about the scope of health care practices. What type of licensed clinical professionals can perform particular functions? Should psychologists and/or pharmacists prescribe psychotropic medications? What supervision do nurse practitioners and physician assistants need? (Should ‘physician assistants’ be renamed ‘physician associates’?) Psychologists can…
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Qualifacts + Credible Acquires InSync Healthcare Solutions
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (January 9, 2022) – Qualifacts + Credible, a leading provider of electronic health record platforms for behavioral health and human services organizations, today announced it has acquired InSync Healthcare Solutions. InSync Healthcare Solutions is a leading provider of EHR and practice management software plus revenue cycle management services for behavioral, medical and rehabilitative professionals. Qualifacts + Credible is adding InSync’s highly configurable, clean and intuitive platform…
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How To Manage The 5% With Multiple Chronic Conditions & Complex Support Needs
By Monica E. Oss There is a lot of investment money going into the mental health field—in fact, $14.7 billion in the first half of this year (see Why Are Digital First Mental Health Companies So Popular?). Much of that investment is focused on digital behavioral health systems and tools for both professional and self-care. However,…
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Value-Based Reimbursement Models Help SPARC Get A Leg Up In Medicaid Managed Care Contracting
By Meena Dayak SPARC Services & Programs (SPARC) is a behavioral health provider organization in North Carolina that has been providing home and community-based services since 2015. They serve 425 consumers monthly and employ 70 full-time staff. They focus on complex consumers—children and adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses (SPMI) who have not been…
The Future Is 2020 In The Rearview Mirror: A 2021 Forecast
The COVID-19 pandemic caused major shifts throughout organizations, industries, and the entire world. The behavioral health and human services market is no exception. As we look back on 2020, there were some short-term tactics that we anticipated would be around for a while to allow provider organizations to create stability, resiliency, and success while weathering…
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How To Create A Strategy For Future Sustainability & Success: The <em>OPEN MINDS</em> Strategic Planning Process
Realizing “market advantage” means strategically planning for market advantage—a process that “everyone does,” but few executives perfect. When done well, strategic plans can either assure sustainability and drive performance, or they can make sure the organization can adapt quickly enough to make real-time adjustments. To help with that, this month I’m looking at a great,…
Who Should Do What? Scope of Practice; Treatment Tech Shift Clinical Best Practices
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer There has been a long debate about the scope of health care practices. What type of licensed clinical professionals can perform particular functions? Should psychologists and/or pharmacists prescribe psychotropic medications? What supervision do nurse practitioners and physician assistants need? (Should ‘physician assistants’ be renamed ‘physician associates’?) Psychologists can…
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Qualifacts + Credible Acquires InSync Healthcare Solutions
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (January 9, 2022) – Qualifacts + Credible, a leading provider of electronic health record platforms for behavioral health and human services organizations, today announced it has acquired InSync Healthcare Solutions. InSync Healthcare Solutions is a leading provider of EHR and practice management software plus revenue cycle management services for behavioral, medical and rehabilitative professionals. Qualifacts + Credible is adding InSync’s highly configurable, clean and intuitive platform…
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Top EHR Trends In 2021: Results Of The Annual Behavioral Health EHR Survey
We’re bombarded with stories about electronic health records (EHR) evolving to become more flexible and use more services like blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and artificial intelligence, but what do your peers report firsthand? We recently concluded the sixth annual National Behavioral Health EHR Survey and found that only 19% of provider organizations report their clinical, scheduling, billing,…
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Maximize Your Organizational Effectiveness With Analytics & Reporting
Improving value, competitive advantage, and sustainability are top of mind for executives of most behavioral health and human services provider organizations. None of these improvements are possible without consistent, high-quality reporting and analytics. Implementing analytics and reporting is much easier than you may believe. Join Christy Winter, Senior Product Manager, Analytics, of Qualifacts + Credible…
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How To Manage The 5% With Multiple Chronic Conditions & Complex Support Needs
By Monica E. Oss There is a lot of investment money going into the mental health field—in fact, $14.7 billion in the first half of this year (see Why Are Digital First Mental Health Companies So Popular?). Much of that investment is focused on digital behavioral health systems and tools for both professional and self-care. However,…
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How To Create A Strategy For Future Sustainability & Success: The <em>OPEN MINDS</em> Strategic Planning Process
Realizing “market advantage” means strategically planning for market advantage—a process that “everyone does,” but few executives perfect. When done well, strategic plans can either assure sustainability and drive performance, or they can make sure the organization can adapt quickly enough to make real-time adjustments. To help with that, this month I’m looking at a great,…
Making Mergers & Acquisitions Work — Perspectives From Executives Post-Mergers
This presentation took place during The 2022 OPEN MINDS Mergers, Acquisitions & Affiliations Summit. From mergers driven by the desire to integrate with primary care, to acquisition of a “competitor” —each of these case study presentations will review the ups and downs of the process and offer strategic advice to organizations exploring the same path.…
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Mergers: How To Live Happily Ever After
By Monica Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS Despite (or maybe because of) all the changes occurring across the health and human service landscape, mergers and acquisitions are proceeding at a rapid pace. This is true for both for-profit and non-profit organizations. Just in the past few months we’ve seen headlines like Northern Wyoming…
And The Digital Health Winner Is…
By Monica Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS We’ve reached a time when the investor-owned health and human service market will likely see a correction of market value. It’s been a decade of big investment. The investment in health care in general—and in digital and in behavioral health companies in particular— culminated in $57.2…
Getting To Scale – One Way Or Another
By Monica Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS How big is big enough for a sustainable specialty provider organization? The answer, which is a moving target, is ‘it depends”. The news of Amazon’s acquisition of One Medical has dominated the market news the past couple weeks (see Amazon To Acquire Primary Care Provider One…
Four Things I Learned About Private Equity
By Monica Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS I walked away from our 2022 OPEN MINDS Mergers, Acquisitions & Affiliations Summit with new insights on the role of private equity (PE) in the field. And for that, I’m grateful to our three keynote panelists—Eric Keen, General Partner for Council Capital, Matthew Pettit, Founding Partner…
How To Create A Strategy For Future Sustainability & Success: The <em>OPEN MINDS</em> Strategic Planning Process
Realizing “market advantage” means strategically planning for market advantage—a process that “everyone does,” but few executives perfect. When done well, strategic plans can either assure sustainability and drive performance, or they can make sure the organization can adapt quickly enough to make real-time adjustments. To help with that, this month I’m looking at a great,…
Who Should Do What? Scope of Practice; Treatment Tech Shift Clinical Best Practices
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer There has been a long debate about the scope of health care practices. What type of licensed clinical professionals can perform particular functions? Should psychologists and/or pharmacists prescribe psychotropic medications? What supervision do nurse practitioners and physician assistants need? (Should ‘physician assistants’ be renamed ‘physician associates’?) Psychologists can…
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Qualifacts + Credible Acquires InSync Healthcare Solutions
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (January 9, 2022) – Qualifacts + Credible, a leading provider of electronic health record platforms for behavioral health and human services organizations, today announced it has acquired InSync Healthcare Solutions. InSync Healthcare Solutions is a leading provider of EHR and practice management software plus revenue cycle management services for behavioral, medical and rehabilitative professionals. Qualifacts + Credible is adding InSync’s highly configurable, clean and intuitive platform…
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How To Manage The 5% With Multiple Chronic Conditions & Complex Support Needs
By Monica E. Oss There is a lot of investment money going into the mental health field—in fact, $14.7 billion in the first half of this year (see Why Are Digital First Mental Health Companies So Popular?). Much of that investment is focused on digital behavioral health systems and tools for both professional and self-care. However,…
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Value-Based Reimbursement Models Help SPARC Get A Leg Up In Medicaid Managed Care Contracting
By Meena Dayak SPARC Services & Programs (SPARC) is a behavioral health provider organization in North Carolina that has been providing home and community-based services since 2015. They serve 425 consumers monthly and employ 70 full-time staff. They focus on complex consumers—children and adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses (SPMI) who have not been…
The Future Is 2020 In The Rearview Mirror: A 2021 Forecast
The COVID-19 pandemic caused major shifts throughout organizations, industries, and the entire world. The behavioral health and human services market is no exception. As we look back on 2020, there were some short-term tactics that we anticipated would be around for a while to allow provider organizations to create stability, resiliency, and success while weathering…
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The Tech & Human Infrastructure For Hybrid Care: Coordinating Virtual, In-Clinic & In-Home Services
This presentation took place at The 2023 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute. Dr. Doug Wright, Chief Operations Officer, Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center, Shawna Wright, Ph.D., LP, Director KU Center For Telemedicine & Telehealth, University of Kansas Center For Telemedicine & Telehealth, and Sharon Hicks, Senior Associate for OPEN MINDS explored: Building hybrid service delivery…
Building A Digital Transformation Roadmap – Aligning Technology, Team, & Processes For Superior Consumer Experience & Engagement: The 2023 OPEN MINDS Seminar – Sponsored By Qualifacts
This presentation, sponsored by Qualifacts, took place at The 2023 OPEN MINDS Executive Leadership Retreat. Paul Duck, Chief Strategy Officer, and Carol Clayton, Ph.D., Senior Associate for OPEN MINDS, discussed a road map for digital-first evolution and what it means to be a digital-first organization, the eight dimensions of a digital-first framework for quality and performance, and…
Countdown To Launching Your CCBHC
During this webinar, Qualifacts shares their proprietary approach to launching a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). In this presentation, Qualifacts’ resident CCBHC expert and program manager, Mary Givens, MRA, and OPEN MINDS’ Senior Associate, Deanne Cornette, MHA, GPC, walk through the five stages of the CCBHC Experience. In looking at each stage, they share…
Whole Person Care – Challenges & Opportunities For Behavioral Health Provider Organizations In Integrated Systems Of Care
Whole person care has become a larger focus in behavioral health. This focus creates challenges and opportunities for the provider organizations serving this population. There is evidence that integrated care and whole person care, especially those care models which include social determinants of health, improves patient experience, clinical outcomes, and can lead to reduction in…
Solving Behavioral Health Service Delivery Challenges: Why You Need To Be Thinking About AI…
Executive teams of behavioral health organizations are balancing several issues at the same time – improving access to care, productivity management, ensuring consumer safety, reducing administrative costs, and more. The solutions to these issues are increasingly being addressed by artificial intelligence-infused technology. Artificial intelligence (AI) in the health care field is more than chatbots doing…
How To Create A Strategy For Future Sustainability & Success: The <em>OPEN MINDS</em> Strategic Planning Process
Realizing “market advantage” means strategically planning for market advantage—a process that “everyone does,” but few executives perfect. When done well, strategic plans can either assure sustainability and drive performance, or they can make sure the organization can adapt quickly enough to make real-time adjustments. To help with that, this month I’m looking at a great,…
How To Create A Strategy For Future Sustainability & Success: The <em>OPEN MINDS</em> Strategic Planning Process
Realizing “market advantage” means strategically planning for market advantage—a process that “everyone does,” but few executives perfect. When done well, strategic plans can either assure sustainability and drive performance, or they can make sure the organization can adapt quickly enough to make real-time adjustments. To help with that, this month I’m looking at a great,…
Who Should Do What? Scope of Practice; Treatment Tech Shift Clinical Best Practices
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer There has been a long debate about the scope of health care practices. What type of licensed clinical professionals can perform particular functions? Should psychologists and/or pharmacists prescribe psychotropic medications? What supervision do nurse practitioners and physician assistants need? (Should ‘physician assistants’ be renamed ‘physician associates’?) Psychologists can…
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Qualifacts + Credible Acquires InSync Healthcare Solutions
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (January 9, 2022) – Qualifacts + Credible, a leading provider of electronic health record platforms for behavioral health and human services organizations, today announced it has acquired InSync Healthcare Solutions. InSync Healthcare Solutions is a leading provider of EHR and practice management software plus revenue cycle management services for behavioral, medical and rehabilitative professionals. Qualifacts + Credible is adding InSync’s highly configurable, clean and intuitive platform…
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How To Manage The 5% With Multiple Chronic Conditions & Complex Support Needs
By Monica E. Oss There is a lot of investment money going into the mental health field—in fact, $14.7 billion in the first half of this year (see Why Are Digital First Mental Health Companies So Popular?). Much of that investment is focused on digital behavioral health systems and tools for both professional and self-care. However,…
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Value-Based Reimbursement Models Help SPARC Get A Leg Up In Medicaid Managed Care Contracting
By Meena Dayak SPARC Services & Programs (SPARC) is a behavioral health provider organization in North Carolina that has been providing home and community-based services since 2015. They serve 425 consumers monthly and employ 70 full-time staff. They focus on complex consumers—children and adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses (SPMI) who have not been…
Preparing For The Unknown: The Six EHR Functionalities Essential For Surviving During & After A Pandemic
White Paper Available Free Of Charge, Courtesy Of Qualifacts + Credible& The Value Based Care For Behavioral Health Online Community This last year has dramatically changed the world and with it, the health and human services industry. Large portions of staff are now working from home. Consumers are increasingly anxious and depressed from the…