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OCAH to collect behavioral health spending data for 2024–25; benchmark deferred until more analysis
Summary
The OCAH work group said payers will submit behavioral health spending data covering 2024–25 in fall 2026, with a first OCA report expected summer 2027. The OCA board has chosen to delay adopting an investment benchmark until it has more data and HPD analyses.
OCAH Assistant Deputy Director Margaret DeBrant said payers will submit behavioral health spending data in fall 2026 covering performance years 2024 and 2025, and OCA plans to publish the first report in summer 2027. The statutory mandate, she said, requires measuring behavioral health spending relative to total health care spending and setting benchmarks intended to promote better outcomes and increased capacity.
The work group was told entities required to submit data are payers and fully integrated delivery systems that…
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