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Under One Roof: New Jersey’s Integrated Healthcare Revolution

Buttaci Leardi & Werner

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New Jersey’s new Integrated Healthcare Facility regulations are here — and they fundamentally change how outpatient healthcare services can be delivered across the state.

In this episode of Almost Clinical, hosts Vincent Buttaci, John Leardi, and Paul Werner unpack what may be the most significant behavioral healthcare licensing reform New Jersey has seen in the last 20 years.

The guys discuss:

  • The collapse of the old fragmented licensing structure
  • What integrated healthcare actually means under the new regulations
  • The practical impact on behavioral health operators
  • New staffing, supervision, and compliance obligations
  • How the state is reshaping outpatient substance use disorder and mental health treatment
  • Why physical therapy, primary care, and behavioral health may finally operate under one coordinated system
  • The operational and reimbursement challenges providers should expect next

The hosts also explore the broader policy implications of the new rules, including harm reduction, relapse management, whole-person treatment, and the increasing expectation that behavioral health providers operate with the same sophistication and compliance infrastructure as traditional healthcare systems.

If you own, operate, advise, or invest in healthcare facilities in New Jersey, this episode is essential listening.

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