Articles by Ethan Webb
Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Behavioral Health Integration Have a New Regulatory Architecture in 2026. The Open Question Is Whether the Financing Will Survive Long Enough to Use It.
The domestic addiction treatment landscape has achieved a long-sought clinical milestone: federal overdose curves have sustained their third consecutive annual…
Residential SUD Documentation Compliance Is Becoming Its Own Category in Behavioral Health. For Addiction Treatment Providers, the Risk Is Driven by Regulators and the Clock, Not Billing Codes.
While the behavioral health technology sector has focused on the code-heavy, unit-driven billing parameters of applied behavior analysis, a separate…
Federal Mental Health Parity Enforcement Has Stalled Under a Paused 2024 Rule. The Quieter Story of 2026 Is the State Regulators, Statutory Mandates, and Private Litigants Now Filling the Gap.
The formal pausing of the strengthened 2024 federal mental health parity rule in May 2025 created a false sense of…
Behavioral Health Layoffs in 2026: 11 Workforce Reductions Reshaping ABA, Mental Health, and Addiction Care. Medicaid Cuts, CMS Terminations, and Payer Exits Are Driving the Job Losses Defining the Year.
Behavioral health providers have hit a severe regulatory and financial wall in 2026. A comprehensive analysis of state and federal…
Nevada Medicaid ABA Reimbursement Reached $30.10 per Unit for Professional-Delivered Care as Spending Surged. Here Is What Drove the Increase and Where Autism Access Still Lags in 2026.
Nevada’s Medicaid ABA rate hit $30.10 per 15-minute unit for professional care, $13.01 for technicians, in 2025. See the fee…