Behavioral Health
Enhancing behavioral health prevention, treatment, and recovery systems of care to improve access and quality
Third Horizon understands that behavioral health is critical to overall health. Federal and state legislative changes, incentives for payers and providers to integrate behavioral and physical health, and increasing demand for services are changing how mental health and addiction services are delivered and paid for. Care delivery systems with workforce capacity, infrastructure, and aligned financial incentives can increase access to comprehensive, high-quality care for people with behavioral health needs. The firm helps organizations identify innovative care models and form partnerships to promote community behavioral health and integration, improve outcomes, and drive down the total cost of care. Since 2018, the firm’s leadership has supported the work of the Alliance for Addiction Payment Reform – an alliance focused on developing strategies to establish a structure that promotes an integrated treatment and recovery network.
Recent Thought Leadership
Why Mental Health Screening and Therapy in Schools Help Kids—Not Harm Them
This week, The Washington Post published an opinion piece suggesting that school-based mental health screening “endangers kids” and that therapy doesn’t help students at risk. After 25+ years working in behavioral health and health care policy, I can say with...
Weathering the Policy Storm: Building Provider Strength when Funding is Uncertain
You're reading Third Horizon's 2025 monthly blog series on health care innovation and resilience. Throughout the year, we will bring our unique perspective to bear across our three advisory areas: Behavioral Health, Community Health, and Payment Design and Analytics....
National Council for Mental Wellbeing and Third Horizon Release Screening and Monitoring for Primary Care as a CCBHC
The National Council for Mental Wellbeing, CCBHC- E National Training and Technical Assistance Center, in collaboration with Third Horizon, released “Screening and Monitoring for Primary Care as a CCBHC” – a resource for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics...
Third Horizon Completes Phase 1 of the Lee County Behavioral Health System of Care Project
Third Horizon is pleased to announce that Phase 1 of the Lee County Behavioral Health System of Care project has been successfully completed. Lee County, Florida launched a strategic initiative to enhance and transform its Behavioral Health System of Care with funding...
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What We Do
Analysis
Conduct environmental scans, data analytics, focus groups, and key informant interviews to ascertain gaps, demand, and opportunities to enhance mental health and substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery
Strategy & Technical Assistance
Provide strategic planning and leadership development on change management for organizations, help providers navigate and improve programs and services, and advise private philanthropy on behavioral health grantmaking strategy
Delivery System Redesign
Facilitate robust stakeholder engagement processes and research, evaluate care models, and provide recommendations and implementation support to improve publicly and privately funded behavioral health services and crisis care
Policy
Host convenings to inform and advance policies; conduct analyses on budget implications, service delivery, and payment reform efforts at the local, state, and national level; assist providers in navigating complex regulatory and licensing processes
Lead Contact
Tym Rourke
Managing Director for Advisory Services
Tym is a health philanthropy and policy professional with over 15 years’ experience in substance use and mental health disorder prevention and treatment, coalition building, policy and advocacy, and civic engagement. He has extensive experience advising individual and institutional donors, community stakeholders, entrepreneurs, and leaders at the local, state, and national level on best practices in behavioral health, and transforming health care systems to improve access and quality.
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Community Health
Advancing the vitality of all communities through digital and person-centered solutions to strengthen health and social services
Payment Design and Analytics
Bridging complex data and analytic gaps to drive market efficiency and build the future of value-based health care