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The
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shared our vision to
make equitable, high-quality, affordable, data-informed care for mental
health and substance use challenges available to the people served by our
programs, as outlined in Health
Affairs.
CMS
recently released a Behavioral
Health Strategy that demonstrates the Biden-Harris Administration’s
ongoing efforts to support the Strategy to Address Our National Mental Health Crisis and underscores the importance
of access, equity, quality, and effective data integration in preventing
and treating mental health conditions, substance use disorders and acute
and chronic pain.
The
CMS Behavioral Health Strategy consists of five bold and interrelated
goals:
- Strengthen equity and quality in
behavioral health care;
- Improve access to substance use
disorders prevention, treatment and recovery services;
- Ensure effective pain treatment
and management;
- Improve access to and quality of
mental health care and services; and
- Utilize data to inform effective
actions and measure impact on behavioral health.
The
CMS Behavioral Health Strategy seeks to remove barriers to care and
services, and to adopt a data-informed approach to evaluate our behavioral
health programs and policies. The Strategy will strive to support a
person’s whole emotional and mental well-being and promotes person-centered
behavioral health care.
This
is part of HHS’ ongoing efforts to support President Joe Biden’s
whole-of-government strategy to transform mental health services for all
Americans—a key part of the President’s Unity Agenda that is reflected in
the President’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget. Following the President’s State of
the Union in March, Secretary Becerra kicked off the HHS National Tour to
Strengthen Mental Health to address the mental health challenges that have
been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, including substance use, youth
mental health, and suicide.
For
additional details on the Strategy, please visit the CMS
Behavioral Health Strategy page.
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