Webinar to Update Massachusetts Roadmap for Behavioral Health Reform

BOSTON — In early 2023, Massachusetts began implementing its Roadmap for Behavioral Health Reform, a sweeping set of changes aimed at simplifying access and entry to the state’s outpatient behavioral healthcare system. The Roadmap reforms are designed to address challenges with the current behavioral-healthcare system, including difficulty finding community-based providers and culturally relevant services, a lack of integrated mental-health and addiction treatment, and a continued reliance on emergency departments for crisis and acute care.

Earlier this month, the foundation released a report describing the key components of the Roadmap and how they are intended to improve access to behavioral-healthcare services. It also provided an update on Roadmap implementation, described early successes and challenges, and identified opportunities to strengthen implementation moving forward.

Following up on the release of this report, the Foundation is hosting a webinar with the report’s authors from Manatt Health on Wednesday, Sept. 11 from 1 to 2 p.m. The webinar will provide an overview of the Roadmap and key takeaways from the report.

Click here to register for the webinar. Click here to read the full report.