OUR STORY

Founded in August 2024, the Mental Health Insurance Reform Task Force (MHIRTF) emerged in response to the mounting challenges mental health providers and clients face within the insurance system. As clinicians and practice owners, we saw how low reimbursement rates, clawbacks, and administrative barriers were limiting care—not just for clients, but for the professionals striving to serve them.

We began organizing with a shared goal: to better understand these systemic issues and take empowered, collaborative action toward a more mutually respectful model of care—one that honors clients, providers, and the sustainability of care systems as a whole.

OUR MISSION

MHIRTF brings together licensed mental health providers and advocates committed to practical, values-driven reform. Our work is rooted in:

  • Expanding access to care

  • Securing fair, sustainable compensation for providers

  • Advancing transparency and accountability in insurance practices

Through listening, documentation, relationship-building, and legislative advocacy, we’re working to transform insight into action—and to ensure providers have a voice in shaping the systems they operate within.