Publications, thought leadership, and impact stories from Third Horizon on health care transformation, behavioral health, and data analytics.

In this Impact Story, Third Horizon’s Erica Bauer sits down with Daniel Darting and Mindy Klowden to talk about what leadership requires inside a complicated system and what keeps each of them in it.

On June 2, 2026, CMS released an interim final rule implementing H.R. 1’s Medicaid community engagement requirements. For behavioral health stakeholders, the implementation details may be just as important as the policy itself.

With three full years of Transparency in Coverage (TiC) filings now available, it’s possible for the first time to track how negotiated commercial rates change over time. These changes are not estimated or modeled but observed directly by comparing the same payer’s published rates from one year to t

This assessment provides an in-depth look at behavioral health needs in Sweetwater County, a large and geographically dispersed rural region where access to care remains a persistent challenge.

This community needs assessment, prepared for Axis Health System, provides a data-driven and community-informed analysis of behavioral health needs in La Plata County, Colorado.

Developed by Third Horizon in partnership with the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, the resource outlines key accreditation bodies, processes, and strategic considerations.

Unveiled on April 20, 2026, the Mental Health Parity Index represents an 18-month collaboration to take newly available transparency data and turn it into a clear picture of how parity is taking shape across plans and geographies.

For the first time, health insurance companies’ own data can be used to more accurately pinpoint where increased access to care is needed and payment disparity exists in real-time.

For the millions of Americans living with serious illness, the standard picture of medical care — appointments, medications, procedures — leaves out something fundamental: what they eat. People managing conditions like cancer, congestive heart failure, COPD, or chronic kidney disease have complex, specific nutritional needs that generic food assistance programs aren’t designed to meet. When […]