There is broad interest and significant investment in integrating behavioral and primary care among professional organizations, CMS, payors and providers. Yet, despite over two decades of convincing evidence about its value and cost-effectiveness, adoption of integrated behavioral health care is proceeding too slowly. What are the barriers to scaling a solution that is so critical to addressing our nation's behavioral health needs? What are the solutions we can implement today? What is the advocacy we need for tomorrow?

Join us for a discussion among individuals who have been working on integration issues for much of their careers to explore how to build on key areas of agreement to highlight and promote critical first steps.

NEHI’s Innovators in Health Awards recognizes individuals who have made lasting contributions in health and health care and inspired the community with their vision and achievements. On October 28, 2021 NEHI will be honoring Kathrin Jansen, PhD (Pfizer), Ugur Sahin, MD, PhD (BioNTech), Özlem Türeci MD (BioNTech), Jewel Mullen, MD, MPH, MPA (University of Texas, Austin Dell Medical School),Toyin Ajayi, MD, MPhil (Cityblock Health), Bay Gross (Cityblock Health), Iyah Romm (Cityblock Health), and Robert Coughlin (JLL, formerly of MassBio).

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