The impact of Measurement-Based Care (MBC) on mental health care is well known today. By giving providers and clients greater visibility into progress and making outcomes data part of treatment, MBC can strengthen engagement, inform clinical decision-making, and meaningfully improve outcomes. Now, the value of that data is extending far beyond the clinical setting.
Mental health funding is changing. Across grants, RFPs, payor contracts, and value-based care arrangements, organizations are facing growing pressure to demonstrate the impact of their services and make a stronger case for investment. Organizations using MBC are increasingly well positioned to meet that demand, with outcomes data that can strengthen grant applications, differentiate RFP responses, support negotiations with funders and payors, and help make the case for the resources needed to expand access to care. The ROI extends even further when MBC helps improve engagement and reduce costly challenges like no-shows and early dropout.
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On October 1st, join Greenspace Health for a practical session exploring the ROI of MBC and how organizations are using outcomes data to strengthen their financial position, demonstrate impact, and build a more sustainable model for care.
Learn from:
- Denise Dickerson, LCADC, LCPC, Director of Behavioral Health at Calvert County Behavioral Health, will share how implementing MBC has strengthened its grant strategy, including how outcomes data has supported successful applications and helped make the case for expanding community access to care.
- Andy Kelly, Chief Commercial Officer at Boulder Care, will offer a rare payor-side perspective on value-based contracting in SUD, including what providers actually need to bring to the table.
- Nick Forand, PhD, ABPP, Principal Clinical Research Scientist at Two Chairs, will present research on how MBC helps reduce early dropout from care, one of the most persistent and costly challenges in mental health, and what that means for retention, outcomes, and ROI.
Whether you’re preparing a business case for leadership, entering a value-based care arrangement, or looking to demonstrate program impact to funders, this session will give you the evidence, framing, and real-world examples to make your case.
Meet the Panelists
Denise Dickerson, MS, LCADC, LCPC
Director of Behavioral Health
Calvert County Behavioral Health
Denise M. Dickerson, MS, LCADC, LCPC, is a dually licensed behavioral health executive with over two decades of clinical and administrative leadership. As Director of Behavioral Health at the Calvert County Health Department, she oversees strategic planning, program operations, financial stewardship, and workforce development to expand community access to mental health and substance use services.
Throughout her career, Ms. Dickerson has led transformative, cross-sector initiatives across Calvert County. Notably, she spearheaded the creation of Calvert Crisis Response—the county’s unified behavioral health urgent care and mobile crisis unit—dramatically reducing emergency department reliance. Her work extends across the community continuum, including expanding behavioral health care within local detention facilities, integrating mental health services into public schools, and helping establish the Calvert County Adult Recovery Court. A dedicated collaborative leader, she works closely with law enforcement, healthcare systems, social services, and educational partners to build an integrated, responsive system of care.
Andy Kelly
Chief Commercial Officer
Boulder Care
Andy Kelly is Chief Commercial Officer at Boulder Care, a virtual-first addiction treatment company pioneering value-based care models in SUD. Before joining Boulder, Andy held senior leadership roles at Optum Behavioral Health, where he led value-based contracting with 400+ behavioral health programs, and earlier worked across UnitedHealth Group on population health, network strategy, and total cost of care initiatives. He began his career at Epic, implementing electronic health records for large health systems nationwide. Andy brings a rare dual perspective — having designed VBC models from inside a major payer and now leading commercial strategy for a high-performing provider working to implement them.
Nick Forand, PhD, ABPP
Principal Clinical Research Scientist
Two Chairs
Nick Forand, Ph.D., ABPP, is the Principal Clinical Research Scientist at Two Chairs, and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He leads Two Chairs’ clinical research team, executing and publishing research that informs care quality and advances clinical psychological science. Alongside research, Dr. Forand translates research and best-practice guidelines into innovative clinical products and services to improve care delivery. He has 16 years of experience as a licensed clinical psychologist and researcher, and over 40 book chapters, articles, and peer-reviewed publications on treatments for anxiety and depression, and applications of technology-enabled behavioral health.
Simon Weisz
President & Co-Founder
Greenspace Health
Simon Weisz is the Co-Founder and President at Greenspace Health, a technology company that was developed to support the adoption of Measurement-Based Care (MBC) across the mental health and substance use sector. He has participated in supporting more than 500 implementations of MBC across a wide range of provider organizations, client populations, levels of care and program types. In 2024, Simon was selected by the American Psychological Association’s Board of Professional Affairs to join as a member of their Measurement-Based Care Advisory Committee.
