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.
May 28, 2024
ReportNCQA 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
EventRecap: 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.
Feb 27, 2024
ArticleMeadows 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
ResourceEngaging 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.
Dec 14, 2023
BriefingPath 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
EventAPA’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
ReportImproving 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.”
Sep 29, 2023
ResourceMental Health Association of Maryland Host Second Webinar on Collaborative Care Model
The webinar series serves as a platform for healthcare professionals, policymakers, and stakeholders to share their experiences and learn from each other’s successes and challenges in adopting the Collaborative Care Model.
Sep 17, 2023
ResourceEmployer Action Plan
Take charge of mental health care for millions of Americans with the purchasing power in your hands. What it takes is a just a few small changes to how purchasers negotiate with insurance companies and third-party administrators. And we are here to help.
Sep 13, 2023
ReportNational Alliance’s Workplace Mental Health Strategy
The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions recently released an updated framework for workplace mental health strategy.
Aug 1, 2023
ReportMeadows Mental Health Policy Institute Publishes White Paper on Pediatric and Adolescent Collaborative Care
The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) published a white paper summarizing the findings and recommendations of its roundtable on pediatric and adolescent collaborative care, hosted in January 2023 in partnership with the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School.
Jul 18, 2023
Press ReleaseNew Patient Survey Shows Significant Disparities in Access Between Mental Health and Substance Use Versus Physical Health Care
Members of the Path Forward for Mental Health and Substance Use issue urgent recommendations in response to new report on continued behavioral health access challenges.