Mental Health
Mental Health Advocacy Teams
- Employer tools and resources (mental health parity contract language or vendor management tools)
- eValue8 Mental Health Deep Dive report (from National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions)
- Model data request form (an employer tool for improving network access for mental health and substance use disorders)
- Mental Health: Accelerating Action for Parity and Peak Performance (National Alliance Action Brief)
- Meeting Agenda: Mental Health Advocacy Team–Employer Tools and Resources
- Model “Hold Harmless” language
- Solutions development (new ideas not currently in the market)
- Payment reform (alternative payment models or pay for performance program)
- Learning and engagement (including communications, training and convenings for employers, health plans, providers and communities)
- Measurement and reporting (including measures/targets)
- Policy initiatives
Helpful Tools and Resources
- “Let’s Make it Happen” (blog by Deb Krause)
- “Mental Health Parity – It’s Time to Fulfill the Promise!” (blog by Deb Krause)
- Working Well in Minnesota: Insights and Actions to Help Minnesota Employers Advance Mental Health in the Workplace
- Case study posters from Mental Health Community Dialogue
- Presentations from Mental Health Community Dialogue: Accelerating Performance Improvement in Integrated Mental Health Care
- MN Community Measurement 2018 Depression Care in MN Report
- Milliman Research Report: Addiction and Mental Health vs. Physical Health: Analyzing Disparities in Network Use and Provider Reimbursement Rates
- MN Employers Driving Improved Mental Health Care and Outcomes Overview
- Mental Health Guiding Coalition Kickoff Meeting Presentation
- Collaborative Care Model Infographic (from American Psychiatric Association Foundation)
Media
- Help Those with Mental Health Issues by Passing Parity Bill
- Enforce Parity for Mental Health Care
- In Scathing Ruling, Judge Rips Insurer for Putting ‘Bottom Line’ Over Patients’ Lives
- Mental Health Data “Horrifying:” Minnesota Employers’ Group Seeks to Improve Statistics for Workers, and the Bottom Line
- Mental Health Action by Employers a Positive Development
- Business Community Lends its Muscle to Improve Mental Health Care in Minnesota
- Minnesota Employers Urged to Boost Mental Health Resources