Join the Behavioral Health Alliance of Montana

BHAM is a statewide membership association uniting Montana’s Medicaid behavioral health providers, and also non-Medicaid providers and allied organizations, around a shared voice for advancements, improvements, and representation in the system. Membership connects you to that voice, a network of peers and keeps you in the know on the policy landscape shaping the field. BHAM accepts applications year-round with prorated dues for anyone joining mid-cycle.

A Voice That Delivers

In 2021, BHAM helped to secure a $2.7 million Legislature-funded, third-party Medicaid rate study – the first objective look at what it actually costs providers to deliver care. In 2023, that study led to a $330 million Legislative investment to raise Medicaid rates toward those benchmarks, and Governor Gianforte signed House Bill 872, a $300 million investment in Montana’s behavioral health and developmental disabilities systems.

That momentum continued in 2025: BHAM advanced all three of its legislative platform priorities – securing Medicaid provider rate increases and cost reporting reform, permanently removing the sunset on Montana’s Medicaid Expansion, and supporting the Behavioral Health System for Future Generations initiatives.

In 2026, Montana was named one of 10 states in the federal Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Medicaid Demonstration Program, bringing an estimated $40 million into Montana’s behavioral health system in its first year alone – with three BHAM members part of that effort. BHAM was also invited to represent behavioral health at the state level, serving on the Rural Health Transformation Program’s (RHTP) Stakeholder Advisory Committee and Governor Gianforte’s Licensing Reform Task Force.

BHAM educates and empowers members to be active in advocacy efforts by uniting individual voices into one collective front. From testifying at the Legislature, speaking at conferences and member board meetings – BHAM is here to share information and support along the way.

Find Where You Fit

From Medicaid provider organizations to allied and non-Medicaid organizations, individual professionals, and business partners – BHAM has a category built for your part of the field.

What’s Included?

BHAM members – and their staff – receive a complimentary National Council for Mental Wellbeing membership and benefits through BHAM’s 100% State Association Membership: a nearly $7,500/year value, included as part of your BHAM membership.

Full Members also receive:

• Full networking access with peers and partners across Montana’s behavioral health field
• A dedicated advocacy lobbyist working on the Alliance’s behalf at the Montana Legislature
• Representation at state hearings and public meetings that shape behavioral health policy
• Full participation in BHAM committees
• Job postings on BHAM’s statewide behavioral health job board
• And more!

Membership Dues

Full Member dues are calculated as 1.5% of your organization’s Previous FY Total Revenue (from your most recent tax return), with a $2,000 minimum and $30,000 maximum. If behavioral health is just one program within a larger organization, dues are based on that program’s revenue specifically – not your full organizational total.
Affiliate membership is a flat $3,000/year.
Individual and Corporate rates are available on request.

Interested in joining? Contact BHAM at [email protected]