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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.

February 2, 2026 - Washington, DC, USA: Healthsperien Action for Progress transforming behavioral health conference at the National Press Club, with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz.  Photo by Ian Wagreich / © CapitolHillPhoto.com

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

Proof Points: Test Beds

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.

Founding Cohort