Mental Health Social Impact Collaborative
Invest for Progress is a groundbreaking initiative to align the strategic deployment of capital, address barriers to scaling innovative models, and support the acceleration of outcomes-based financing to drive behavioral health solutions with measurable impact.
It is the innovation arm of Healthsperien’s Center for Behavioral Health, working alongside the Action for Progress Institute (regional testbeds) and the Action for Progress Coalition (federal and state policy advocacy) to move evidence-based models from early stage funding to full scale deployment with pay-for-outcomes reform.
By developing regional testbeds with integrated data, we track longitudinal outcomes that inform financing approaches and public-private partnerships — aligning investors and best-in-class solutions with payment model reform to amplify what works for lasting community benefit.
Opportunities for System Impact
Identifying and aligning behavioral health stakeholder needs with evidence-based innovation to drive payment model reform and transform BH outcomes.
Next Stage Acceleration Lab
Developing payment demonstration projects & regional testbeds to scaling best-in-class care models while linking investors with payers, employers, and entrepreneurs
Regional Interoperability Projects
Utah — Behavioral Health Interoperability and System Transformation Project:
with the Utah Dept. of Health & Human Services, the Utah Behavioral Health Commission, Intermountain Health/Select Health, and the One Utah Health Collaborative, building a Next Generation Behavioral Health Operating Model anchored in HL7-FHIR, USCDI+ Behavioral Health, and TEFCA — the same outcome measurement, risk stratification, and payment model iteration capabilities the Acceleration Lab advances.
Miami-Dade County — Public-Private Partnership for BH Data Interoperability & Payment Model Reform:
led with Commissioner Rene Garcia, Jackson Health System, and PsyHealth Solutions, and anchored by an ONC/SAMHSA BHIT grant, a four-year roadmap (2026–2030) scales connected participants from 25% to 75% of the ecosystem and moves toward value-based, outcomes-based payment for community BH providers.
Upcoming Events
Transforming Substance Use Disorder Outcomes:
Investment, Innovation & Policy
October 21, 2026
8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Cure
a healthcare innovation ecosystem
345 Park Avenue South, New York, NY
Hosted with
8:00 am
Arrival, Breakfast & Networking
9:00 am
Welcome Remarks: Seema Kumar, CEO, Cure
9:05 am
Deerfield & RCA Commitment
Leslie Henshaw, Partner, Deerfield Management
9:10 am
RCA Remarks: Brett Cohen, CEO, Recovery Centers of America (RCA)
9:15 am
Themes of the administration:
Rebecca Messing Haigler, MPH , SVP, Behavioral Health and Tech, Healthsperien
9:20 am
The Importance of this Conversation:
Patrick J. Kennedy, former US Congressman; Leader, Action for Progress & Invest for Progress
9:25 am
The Great American Recovery Initiative:
Moderator: Tom Koutsoumpas, Founder & CEO, Healthsperien
- Patrick J. Kennedy, former US Congressman; Leader, Action for Progress & Invest for Progress
- Kathryn Burgum, Co-Chair, Great American Recovery Initiative and Senior Advisor, Addiction Recovery, HHS
10:05 am
Federal & State Efforts to Align SUD Care Incentives
Moderator: Julian Harris, MD, MBA, Operating Partner, Deerfield Management and CEO, ConcertoCare
- Gary Bacher, Chief Strategy Officer, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)
- Shevaun L. Harris, Secretary, Agency for Healthcare Administration, Florida
- Thomas Keane, MD, MBA, National Coordinator for Health IT, ONC
- Carisa Schweitzer Masek, Senior Advisor, US Department of Health & Human Services
10:50 am
Networking Break
11:15 am
Models & Evidence Delivering High Quality SUD Care
Moderator: Mike Lynch, MD, FACMT; Senior Medical Director, UPMC, Health Plan and CCBH
- Jason Kirby, DO, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Recovery Centers of America (RCA) Carter Paine, CEO and Co-Founder, Wayspring
- Bryan C. Cressey, Founder, Above & Beyond
- Amanda Wilson, MD, DFASAM, CEO and Co-Founder, NorthStar Care
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
MCO Payor Leadership to Define SUD Quality & Outcomes
Moderator: Caroline Carney MD, CEO of Magellan Health
- Patrick Fox, President, Carelon Behavioral Health
- Rich Snyder, COO, Independence Blue Cross (invited)
- Carole Matyas, VP Operations, Sunshine Health (invited)
2:15 pm
Employer Voice
Moderator: Kathy Pike, CEO, One Mind
- April Koh, CEO, Spring Health
- Additional panelists (invited)
3:00 pm
Networking Break
3:30 pm
Evidence Based Innovation & Novel Care Pathways
Moderator: Steven Klein, MD, PhD, FAAP, Addiction Medicine Physician, Caron Treatment Centers
- Glen Coppersmith Ph.D., Director, Proactive Health, ARPA-H
- Marjorie Morrison, CEO, Psych Hub
- Bertha K. Madras, PhD, Professor of Psychobiology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; and Director, Laboratory of Addiction Neurobiology and Psychobiologist, Division of Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction, Jerry and Phyllis Rappaport Center of Excellence in Basic Neuroscience Research, McLean Hospital
- Additional panelist invited
10:05 am
Closing Remarks
Patrick J. Kennedy, Former US Congressman; Leader, Action for Progress & Invest for Progress
Founding Cohort
