Behavioral Health Summit

As mental health continues to take center stage in national and local discussions, health care leaders are uniting to address longstanding disparities and foster meaningful change. On Wednesday, June 4, the Health Care Council of Chicago (HC3), managed by Third Horizon, will host its Q2 Summit focused on behavioral health.

This convening will bring together leaders from across health care, social services, and policy to discuss both progress and persistent challenges in mental health and substance use disorder care, areas where access, investment, and parity still trail behind physical health care.

A highlight of the morning will be unveiling the Illinois Mental Health Parity Index (MHPI), a first-of-its-kind tool developed by The Kennedy Forum and Third Horizon with support from the American Medical Association. By leveraging health plan transparency data, the MHPI reveals real-time disparities in reimbursement rates and network adequacy across commercial insurers, offering a powerful mechanism to drive…