Behavioral Health Business June 13, 2025
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Over the past decade, value-based care has transformed primary care and other physical health specialties. When providers are supported and aligned around shared goals, outcomes improve, innovation accelerates, and patients benefit.

The results speak for themselves: In 2022 alone, the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) generated $1.8 billion in gross savings, with over half of ACOs earning shared savings. Programs like Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) and ACO REACH have improved quality, reduced costs, and sparked nationwide innovation.

Behavioral health, however, is still lagging behind.

It’s not that behavioral health can’t succeed—it already is in many places. Models like Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs), Health Homes, Medicare’s Behavioral Health Integration (BHI), and Medicaid programs such as CalAIM and...

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