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Conversations with scientists, clinicians, thought leaders, end users (business leaders, agency heads, practitioners) and people (“profiles in resilience”) on real-world integrated health solutions and their impact on recovery, resilience and the realization of…
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Trust and Accountability: Chestnut’s CEO Puneet Leekha Kicks off a New Podcast Series on Executive Leadership (opens the original)
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Our conversation with Chestnut Health Systems’ CEO Puneet Leekha kicks off our new Executive Leadership series of Catalyst Podcasts - conversations with some of the most innovative and successful leaders in the field, on everything from their evolution as leaders to the unique challenges of leading their organizations in this environment, and what they look for in cultivating the next generation of leaders. Puneet begins the conversation by explaining why leadership is a particularly important a
"Help, Not Handcuffs": How and Why Problem Solving Courts Work (opens the original)
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What if the smartest response to addiction, relapse, and repeat court involvement is not harsher punishment, but a highly structured path back to stability? The Honorable Shannon R. Dougherty, a Circuit Judge for Division 6 of the 23rd Judicial Circuit in Jefferson County, Missouri, and Lori Epley, the Director of Project Access at Chestnut Health Systems, break down how problem-solving courts are helping people stay in recovery, keep families together, and rebuild their lives while protecting p
Behavioral Healthcare Meets Predictive Analytics: The Science of Making Compassionate, Effective Mental Healthcare Scalable. (opens the original)
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Michael Castanon is the founder and CEO of Alter Behavioral Health and Care Predictor, and founder of the Behavioral Health Outcomes Consortium. After 30 years in banking and predictive analytics, Michael brings an outsider’s eye to behavioral health and makes a case the field can’t ignore: if you can measure the inputs, you can improve the outcomes. He explains how a deeply personal trauma journey led him from private equity and finance into mental health care, and why that intersection of live
Missouri’s Shocking – and Preventable - Maternal Health Crisis: Data, Barriers & What Works (opens the original)
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Mental health and substance use disorders are behind a shocking share of pregnancy-related deaths across Missouri – indeed, nationwide - and many of those deaths were preventable. Joining us to discuss this are Charisse Montgomery, Family Services Coordinator with Chestnut Health Systems, and Lindsey VonDras, Perinatal Care Coordination Manager for the Missouri Hospital Association. Charisse and Lindsey break down what the data really says about pregnancy, postpartum risk, foster care disruption
The Looming Medicaid Crisis: Administrative Hurdles to Strip Millions of Working Americans of Vital Coverage in 2027 (opens the original)
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Starting January 1, 2027, changes to Medicaid eligibility requirements will leave millions without coverage. Dr. Timothy McBride, the Bernard Becker Professor of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis and a leading health economist, breaks down these provisions and explains how they threaten to strip coverage from people who are already working.We discuss the new twice-a-year eligibility checks, the end of self-attestation, and the extra documentation now required of caregivers, pre
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