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Writing on behavioral health diligence, integration, and reimbursement, plus selected appearances before investor and clinical audiences.
Writing
Post-Merger Integration · September 2026
Why behavioral health deals fail post-close
Clinical integration is routinely left out of behavioral health deal planning. Here's what it costs platforms after close — and how to fix it.
Read ArticleDiligence · September 2026
What clinical diligence catches that quality of earnings does not
A quality of earnings report establishes whether behavioral health EBITDA was real. It does not establish whether the clinicians who produced it will stay, or whether the payer mix behind it survives a change of control.
Read ArticlePublication · September 2026
The Twin Heartbeats of Leadership: Operationalizing AI-Driven Behavioral Healthcare Through the Behavioral Healthcare Integrated Leader
Aluria Advisory founder Edisa Shirley co-authored this chapter on operationalizing AI in behavioral healthcare while protecting clinical judgment, workforce well-being, and patient dignity.
Read ArticlePost-Merger Integration · September 2026
Why behavioral health integrations fail in months four through nine
Behavioral health integrations rarely fail at close. They fail in months four through nine, when the goodwill of the transition has worn off and the operating model has not yet changed. The signals that precede it.
Read ArticleReimbursement · September 2026
Reimbursement risk in TMS and Spravato roll-ups
Interventional psychiatry is the most common value creation lever in behavioral health roll-ups and the one most often underwritten wrong. Where the reimbursement risk in TMS and Spravato programs actually sits.
Read ArticleOther Writing
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Op-Ed
Op-ed on behavioral health operations and the gap between clinical delivery and investor expectations.
Speaking and Appearances
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Investor Panel
Truist Securities Conference
Panelist on behavioral health platform operations and post-close value creation.
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Conference
Healthcare Capital Markets and Innovation Summit
Speaker on diligence and integration risk in behavioral health transactions.
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Podcast
Becker’s Behavioral Health Podcast
On provider retention and what determines whether an acquisition holds together after close.
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Podcast
On how behavioral health platforms scale and where they break.
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Podcast
On behavioral health operations at scale.
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Podcast
On growth and operating discipline in outpatient behavioral health.
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Keynote
Psych Congress
Keynote sessions on practice operations and clinical leadership.
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Conference
Florida Counseling Association
Sessions on clinical leadership and the business of practice.
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Clinical CE
International Winter Symposium on Addictive Disorders, Behavioral Health and Mental Health
Continuing education presentations for clinical audiences.
Recognition
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