Value–based payment puts the focus on quality and outcomes. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are being developed collaboratively with providers in response to our community impact goals.

We are working with Integrus Health Group to pilot KPIs with 14 mental health agencies. We are working to assure that both provider and payer understand how performance is measured, then share information. By 2020, many grantees will be able to receive incentive payments based on their performance.

In 2017 we worked with Open Minds, a national organization that assists human service payers and providers with management knowledge to improve efficiency and effectiveness.  This project produced a webinar to explain levy funds as an investment in participant well-being.

CMHF has a longstanding commitment to cultural diversity and cultural competence in mental health. Recent events compel us to look deeper and do more about systemic racism in the fields where we work, including behavioral health, grant making, and tax abatement. The status quo is unacceptable. Our Racial Equity Statement acknowledges our privilege and responsibility for funds that come from citizens. It commits us to ongoing learning. Its goals open exciting opportunities for new work at the grassroots level, supporting organizations led by persons of color, and identifying and treating race-based trauma.