National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions reposted this
The long-awaited mental health parity rule has been released. While this rule may prove challenging for employers and health plans in the near term, it is the responsibility of all those impacted to come together to make behavioral health access a reality. Success will require collaboration, trust and coordination across the entire health care sector. The Path Forward is proud to lead the effort by bringing diverse health care stakeholders together to advance policies, which ensure access for all: 🔸 Integrating behavioral health into primary care. With an emphasis on increasing the utilization of the psychiatric collaborative care model (CoCM) in a variety of health care settings (adult, pediatric, perinatal), the Path Forward endorses the integration of behavioral health care into primary care. 🔸 Promoting quality measurement. Tracking progress through the repeated use of screening tools for mental health and addiction conditions and adjusting treatment as indicated, just as we do for medical conditions like high blood pressure, will aid in prevention and early intervention while driving person-centered care. 🔸 Increasing and optimizing the behavioral health workforce. The Path Forward works to improve individuals’ access to quality behavioral health care providers by expanding and leveraging the existing behavioral health workforce via integrated care and telemental health. Read Path Forward’s consensus statement at https://lnkd.in/egwEQUj5. The Path Forward is a coalition of healthcare purchasers, clinician associations, health systems, philanthropists, and health-related nonprofits united by one goal: ensuring equitable access to quality mental health and substance use care. Margaret Faso, Shawn Gremminger, Charles Ingoglia, Andy Keller, Marketa Wills, MD, MBA, CPC, John MacPhee, Steve Loose, Anna Bobb, M.P.H., Kristin Kroeger HR Policy Association, The Goodness Web (TGW), The Jed Foundation (JED), Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, National Council for Mental Wellbeing, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychiatric Association Foundation #MentalHealthMatters #ParityNow #MentalHealthEquity #PathForward
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