March 6, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
Room 428, State House, Boston
Briefing for legislators and staff on its bill requiring higher MassHealth reimbursement rates for more than 400 mental health centers. The ABH, which represents more than 80 community-based behavioral health care providers, says the bill would help the centers "confront a historic workforce shortage" and reduce waiting times for people in need of services. ABH says that for every ten clinicians hired by centers that serve MassHealth members 13 leave for private practice or settings that pay higher salaries. The briefing will feature ABH President and CEO Lydia Conley, ABH Board Chair Lesli Suggs of The Home for Little Wanderers, and board vice chair Daurice Cox of Bay State Community Services.
