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In September, Fourfront Contributor participated in State of Reform’s Inland Northwest Health Policy Conference in Spokane, connecting with other healthcare leaders, lawmakers and policy experts ...

September 25, 2023 – Washington’s community behavioral health system continues to face unsustainable pressures. Systemic funding issues have resulted in record workforce shortages impacting access ...

Fourfront Contributor is deeply saddened to share news of the passing of Jeff Thomas, CEO of Frontier Behavioral Health, and a deeply respected colleague and ...

July 28, 2023 – This week, the federal government announced a proposed rule change to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, intended to ...

July 13, 2023 Recently, Frontier Behavioral Health (FBH) leadership and staff came together with luminaries in Spokane, Wash., to personally thank Washington State Senate Majority ...

June 1, 2023 The 2023 Washington state legislative session has concluded, and we want to thank legislators for approving increases in Medicaid and non-Medicaid rates ...

April 13, 2023 It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic and its ripple effects caused an unprecedented workforce shortage. For community behavioral health, this shortage ...

April 6, 2023 For Tom Sebastian, President and CEO of Compass Health, the number one issue facing Washington healthcare is the behavioral health workforce shortage. ...

April 6, 2023 By Jeff Thomas, Jodi Daly and Tom Sebastian Over the past three years, we’ve all faced COVID-related challenges that have caused serious ...