Someone in leadership just made a commitment. Maybe it was during a payer meeting. Maybe it came out of a board presentation on value-based readiness. Either way, the message landed […]
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Behavioral health entered 2026 with a new operating assumption. Payers are no longer asking whether you can provide access. They are asking whether you can prove outcomes. Industry analysts describe […]
You’ve probably noticed the shift. Leadership is asking about vendor agreements. They want to know whether your Business Associate Agreements are current, whether they cover what they need to cover, […]
The HIPAA Security Rule is headed for its most significant overhaul since 2013. The proposed rule published by HHS in January 2025 would eliminate the distinction between “required” and “addressable” […]
The proposed HIPAA Security Rule update eliminates the flexibility that behavioral health teams have relied on for twenty years. The workaround you documented. The consumer-grade tool you justified because nothing […]
OCR collected more than $6.6 million in HIPAA fines in 2025. Risk analysis failures drove nearly every settlement. One of those settlements was a behavioral health provider. And that was […]