Results

Our Progress Step-by-Step

Over the past two years, we have passed a $60M national bill (with a 10 percent set aside for Collaborative Care); influenced state regulators in Texas, Maryland, and Washington to adopt our network adequacy and parity standards; educated hundreds of employer and insurance representatives and thousands of primary care doctors, psychiatrists, and other medical staff; and launched local pilots and a state-wide Collaborative & Measurement-based Care scaling effort in Texas.

See the readings below for more details about our step-by-step progress as an organization and nation.

Jul 17, 2024

Press Release
National Council for Mental Wellbeing Joins Path Forward

The National Council for Mental Wellbeing has joined Path Forward, a coalition that brings together stakeholders from across the health care ecosystem, to advance targeted policies and practices that will expand equitable access to quality mental health care.

Jul 17, 2024

Resource
Integrating Behavioral Health Care into Primary Care Settings: The Collaborative Care Model

The Collaborative Care Model: How it works, how it can be integrated into primary and specialty care settings, and its many benefits.

Empowering Healthcare Providers

Jul 3, 2024

Event
Empowering Healthcare Providers: Insights from the Collaborative Care Model Residency Training Education Conference

Over 100 faculty members and residents from residency programs across the United States convened in Washington, D.C., for the 3rd Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) Residency Training Education Conference.

Jun 10, 2024

Report
The Path to National Leadership: The First Business-Led Statewide Mental Health Initiative

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.

Jun 4, 2024

Report
The Importance of Measurement-Based Care in Treating Medication-Induced Disorders

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

May 28, 2024

Report
NCQA Report Evaluates the Current Evidence for Behavioral Health Network Adequacy Standards

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.

May 18, 2024

Event
Recap: Mid-Atlantic Path Forward Webinar on the Collaborative Care Model

This webinar delved into the intricate implementation of the Collaborative Care Model within primary care settings. Attendees gained valuable insights into how these programs are being integrated, the progress they have made, and their current status.

Collaborative Care Model

Feb 27, 2024

Article
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute Shares Results of its Novel Study on the Collaborative Care Model

This report explains how the Collaborative Care Model can potentially mitigate mental healthcare accessibility and the healthcare workforce shortage by providing effective and financially sustainable care to patients on a large scale.

Jan 17, 2024

Resource
Engaging Insurers on Behavioral Health – An Employer Resource

The issues of mental health access and quality have become increasingly recognized as foundational to employer health strategy. 

Key Focus Areas: Network Access, Other Access, Quality of Care Management, Integration into Primary Care and Workplace Mental Health.

Improve access to mental health care

Dec 14, 2023

Briefing
Path Forward Applauds Inseparable for Their Focus on High-Impact Actions

A new set of recommendations from Inseparable identifies a number of policies to improve access to mental health care.

Nov 1, 2023

Event
APA’s 2023 Mental Health Conference Features Discussion of Pediatric Collaborative Care Model

The 2023 Mental Health Services Conference of the American Psychiatric Association featured a discussion of the pediatric Collaborative Care Model that was led by a team from the Meadows Institute.

Oct 10, 2023

Report
Improving Network Adequacy for Mental Health Care and Substance Use Disorders

The Path Forward Coalition has released a new report: “Equitable Access to Care for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Standards, Measures, and Enforcement of Network Adequacy.”