Articles by Ethan Webb
School-Based Mental Health Services Face a 2026 Funding Reckoning. Federal Grant Cuts, Medicaid Reductions, and IEP-Linked Services Are Reshaping Youth Mental Health Access.
K-12 public schools are quietly serving as the country's largest youth mental health network, treating 18% of all public school…
AI in ABA Therapy Will Augment—Not Replace—the BCBA: A MassABA Panel Maps the Illinois Law, the Ethics Code, and the Workflows Already in Use
Artificial intelligence is rapidly infiltrating ABA clinic workflows, but the consensus among industry leaders is absolute: AI must remain a…
Prior Authorization in Behavioral Health Hits a 2026 Pressure Point. Mental Health and SUD Providers Push Back as Federal Reform Promises Fall Short and Parity Enforcement Recedes.
The introduction of federal rule CMS-0057-F on January 1, 2026, was supposed to alleviate the prior authorization crisis. Instead, behavioral…
ABA Outcomes Measurement in 2026: Dr. Ivy Chong on Why Standardized Data, Not Technology, Is the Industry’s Defining Test
Technology and AI cannot save an ABA clinic if its baseline clinical data is improvised. Following Learn Behavioral's acquisition of…
Multi-Site Behavioral Health Real Estate: Why ABA and Medical Operators Are Outgrowing Their Brokers, and What Pathway Occupier Solutions Is Building to Fix It.
Mid-market behavioral health operators often hit a wall when expanding across state lines: they’ve outgrown their local broker but aren't…