by Ethan Webb | May 18, 2026 | Regulation
Key Takeaways Managed care now controls most Medicaid behavioral health spending. As of July 2025, 42 states contract with Medicaid MCOs, and most enrollees receive their behavioral health benefits through them, either directly or through a carved-out behavioral...
by Ethan Webb | May 15, 2026 | Regulation
Key Takeaways A rapidly expanding evidence-based model. Commercial-market CoCM penetration grew roughly 27-fold (from 2.2 to 58.8 patients per 100,000 eligible commercially insured individuals) between 2018 and 2023, according to a May 2025 Milliman analysis...
by Ethan Webb | May 13, 2026 | Regulation
Key Takeaways A worsening behavioral health workforce shortage. As of December 2025, roughly 137 million Americans (about 40 percent of the U.S. population) lived in a federally designated Mental Health Professional Shortage Area, and HRSA projects significant...
