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.