Mental Health Now and in the Future

Mental health has been a top concern for our members and a key focus for us. Now, though, the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath create a bigger mental health crisis than we have faced in recent history.

We are doing all we can to provide you with the information and guidance you need to navigate these challenging times. You can find resources HERE on our special COVID-19 home page. And for help in selecting a digital mental health solution to meet the needs of your employee population, consult our Digital Tools and Solutions for Mental Health: An Employer’s Guide.

The current crisis lays bare the shortcomings of this country’s mental healthcare system, and we’re helping to address these issues by playing a leadership role in the Path Forward on Mental Health and Substance Use, a national five-year initiative you can read about HERE.

Join us, as together with partners and stakeholders, we embark on the road to better mental health and wellbeing for all of us.

Better Treatment for Mental Health

Measurement-Based Care (MBC) is an approach to mental healthcare that uses standardized tools to evaluate patients before treatment and measure their progress throughout. MBC has been proven to improve outcomes by as much as 60%!

Here’s a fact sheet for you and a checklist for your employees:

MBC Fact Sheet for Employers

MBC Checklist for your Employees

Well Gauge

Creating a Culture of Mental Wellness

This 10-minute survey is designed to help you gauge how well your organization is doing in creating a culture of mental wellness – critical to supporting employees’ health, wellbeing and workplace satisfaction.

Maximize the Value of Tele-behavioral Health

Employer Checklist for Tele-behavioral Health (TBH)

Use this checklist to obtain data from health plans, consultants and vendors so you can get a handle on offerings, access, outcomes and patient satisfaction.

Digital Tools and Solutions for Mental Health: An Employer's Guide

May 2020

Find out how digital tools fit in your strategy – and how to make sure yours is right for your employee population.

Includes a deep dive on 28 tools most often used by employers!

Reap the Benefits of Tele-behaviorial Health

Benefits of Tele-behavioral Health (TBH)

Use these talking points about the benefits of tele-behavioral health in your communications with employees.

3/15//22 Tele-behavioral Health for Employees: Where Do We Go From Here?

	Sandi Stein Senior Vice President, Global Head of Benefits, Brown Brothers Harriman
	D. Mark Wilson Vice President, Health and Employment Policy, Chief Economist, HR Policy Association
	Margaret Faso Director, Health Care Research and Policy, HR Policy Association
	Howard Kraft Staff Vice President, Total Health Clinical Strategy, Anthem National Accounts
	Connie Haralson, CPC, LPC Vice President, Clinical Partnerships, Beacon Health Options

Download a PDF of the presentation HERE

11/2/21 Navigating New Gateways to Mental Health Care

Harry Ritter, MD

Founder and CEO, Alma

Ashley Karpinski

Director, Behavioral Health Strategy and Innovation, Aetna Behavioral Health

Bob Jacobs

Vice President, Health Systems Healthcare Innovation – Find Care Business Development, Walgreens

Download a PDF of the presentation HERE

8/10/21 Heads Up, Employers! Mental Health Parity is on the Front Burner

Kevin J. Malone

Senior Counsel – Health Care and Life Sciences Practice, Epstein Becker Green

Elena Lynett

Vice President & Senior Consultant – National Health Compliance Practice, Segal

4/27/21 The Kids are Not OK - COVID-19 and Children's Mental Health

	Robin Gelburd President, FAIR Health
	Shabana Khan, MD Director of Telepsychiatry for the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU Langone Health
	Matt Kudish Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness of NYC (NAMI-NYC)
	John MacPhee Executive Director and CEO, The Jed Foundation
	Neil Leibowitz, MD Chief Medical Officer, Talkspace