BOX 7-1Goals

Through its work, the committee developed three overarching goals to guide its recommendations on strategies that can improve behavioral health provider participation in Medicare, Medicaid, and Marketplace plans:

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Grow the pie: Bolster state and federal efforts to promote and ease entry into Medicare and Medicaid along the behavioral health care workforce continuum by reducing credentialling, enrollment, and licensing barriers and by focusing training programs and telehealth support where Medicare, Medicaid, and Marketplace beneficiary access gaps are greatest.

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Make participation worthwhile: Strengthen support structures for behavioral health care providers and alleviate administrative and financial impediments to participation.

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Optimize performance and accountability: Improve opportunities for behavioral health care providers to increase care delivery capacity and to provide more person-centered care, while strengthening managed care organization accountability for access and care delivery and provide accountability for performance.