Mental Health & Addiction
Promoting behavioral health integration to improve outcomes
Capitol Hill Briefing on Paying for Outcomes in Addiction Recovery Services (February 26, 2020).
Third Horizon Strategies understands that behavioral health is critical to overall health. Federal and state legislative changes, incentives for payers and providers to integrate behavioral and physical health, and increasing demand for services are changing how mental health and addiction services are paid for. Too often health systems are not poised with the work force capacity, infrastructure, or financial incentive to provide comprehensive care to individuals across the behavioral health spectrum. The firm helps organizations identify innovative care models and form nontraditional partnerships to promote community behavioral health and integration, improve outcomes, and drive down the total cost of care. Since 2018, the firm’s leadership has supported the work of the Alliance for Addiction Payment Reform – an alliance focused on developing strategies to establish a structure that promotes an integrated treatment and recovery network.
Recent Thought Leadership
HHS Proposed Rule Seeks to Increase Care Coordination and Confidentiality for Patients With Substance Use Disorder
This blog is co-authored by Mindy Klowden and Greg WilliamsOn November 29, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) to 42 CFR Part 2 (Part 2), the federal regulation governing sharing of patient...
New Federal Funding Will Help States Improve Behavioral Health Care
This piece is co-authored by Jessica Casebolt and Mindy Klowden States have a historic opportunity to significantly increase access to high-quality behavioral health care. On October 18, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a...
Traveling the Roadmap to Behavioral Health Integration
Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a Roadmap for Behavioral Health Integration (roadmap) to ensure that all people have equitable access to evidence-based, culturally appropriate, person-centered care. To develop the roadmap,...
Get to Know…Tym Rourke
Tym Rourke at Kids Count Event with U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen Tym Rourke has been engaged in prevention efforts for almost his entire life. As a high school student, he joined Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) and later served as the president. After...
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What We Do
Advocacy
Convene coalitions and partnerships to inform and advance mental health and addiction policies
Customized Coaching
Offer customized coaching and support to help clients accelerate system changes necessary to provide high quality, coordinated care and achieve organizational sustainability
Education
Identify and disseminate best practices through learning collaboratives, issue briefs, thought leadership, webinars, and reports
Market Insights
Conduct environmental scans, focus groups and key informant interviews to ascertain gaps, demand, and opportunities to enhance mental health and addiction prevention and treatment
Greg Williams
Managing Partner
Greg is a health policy consultant and communications specialist, providing strategic oversight and direction to numerous initiatives. Greg has over a decade of experience working with non-profits and government agencies on addiction. Most notably, Greg manages the Alliance for Addiction Payment Reform, a national collaboration aimed at improving outcomes for patients, payers, and health systems, and served as a managing editor of the Addiction Recovery Medical Home Alternative Payment Model.
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