Results

From our partner organization the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions. Every year the National Alliance asks employers what they are doing about healthcare costs, benefits, and quality. The 2026 Pulse of the Purchaser survey gathered responses from 408 employers, fielded in May and June 2026, representing 37 coalitions and roughly 3.7 million covered lives. […]

From our partner organization the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics now serve 3.4 million people a year across 48 states and territories. The National Council’s 2026 CCBHC Impact Report, drawn from a survey of the nation’s 539 certified clinics, documents what the model has delivered since Medicaid began paying for […]

In the spring of 2025, Path Forward supported a survey by the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI) of 400 U.S. employers (500+ employees) to assess how mental health benefits are being offered and measured. The results highlight a paradox: 97% of employers cover mental health and/or substance use care but only 22% actually monitor the […]

A new national survey conducted by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) in partnership with Path Forward reveals a troubling yet unsurprising reality: insurance coverage does not guarantee access to mental health care. For many, these findings mirror personal experience. Yet, when those experiences are validated by data that confirms how far-reaching the problem is, […]

From our partner organization Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, with West Health. In the rest of medicine, clinicians measure whether treatment is working and adjust it. In mental health, that practice — measurement-informed care — is still the exception. Bright Spots in Measurement-Informed Mental Health Care profiles the health systems and clinics that have made […]

Path Forward, along with our partners, the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute and the American Psychiatric Association, commissioned Milliman to conduct the most comprehensive claims analysis to date. Reflecting 219 million Americans across Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial plans, this data gives us our first true national picture of Collaborative Care adoption.

From our partner organization Shatterproof, with the Bowman Family Foundation. Most people who die by suicide have seen a health care provider in the year before their death usually in primary care. This issue brief gathers three real-world studies showing what happens when primary care practices deliver the Collaborative Care Model: suicide risk falls by […]

Mental health treatment is most effective when symptoms are identified and addressed early, similar to all health conditions. By implementing Measurement-based Care into mental health and substance use treatment—which involves the use of validated metrics to regularly monitor symptoms and outcomes— clinicians can tailor treatment to individual needs, adjusting care at key decision points throughout the treatment plan.

The first business-led statewide mental health initiative is here! Launched at the 2024 Leadership Conference on Safety and Sustainability, headlined by Michael Phelps, the initiative focuses on making Florida a top-five state for overall well-being and, ultimately, the healthiest state in America.

Measurement-based care (MBC) is an essential strategy for early screening, intervention, and mitigating medication adverse effects, ultimately improving mental health outcomes.

Funded by the Sozosei Foundation, this white paper report presents the NCQA’s findings and highlights models that have successfully improved access to care. These models have the potential to influence the future design of behavioral health networks and adequacy standards.

From our partner organization the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Community behavioral health organizations are asked to report on hundreds of measures, yet few of those measures tell a clinician whether a client is getting better. The National Council’s Medical Director Institute set out to change that, defining what measurement-informed care should mean in community […]