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 15, 2026 | Technology
Key Takeaways Behavioral health dominates telehealth volume. Trilliant Health’s 2026 Behavioral Health Report found that the share of telehealth volume attributed to behavioral health rose from 18.4 percent in 2018 to 65.6 percent in 2024, even as overall telehealth...
by Ethan Webb | May 14, 2026 | Regulation
On the last Monday of April, Lorri Unumb opened the tenth-anniversary conference of the Council of Autism Service Providers in a ballroom at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. She moved through a presentation on the state of the trade association: 22...
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...
by Ethan Webb | May 12, 2026 | Regulation
Key Takeaways Fraud prosecutions are reshaping the policy environment: Federal information charges against Smart Therapy LLC and Star Autism Center LLC, both filed in the past year, allege a combined $20+ million in fraudulent EIDBI billing through cash kickbacks to...
