As vice president of behavioral health and mental health parity, Brett Hart leads Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota’s strategic development and delivery of behavioral health products and services. He guides and supports all behavioral health innovations that are designed to provide members with ease of access to the highest quality services in a timely manner, with a focus on well-being, health equity, and parity.
Brett comes to Blue Cross with more than twenty-five years of experience in the health industry. Prior to joining Blue Cross in October 2023, he spent more than four years at Centene Corporation, based in St. Louis, Missouri, where he first served as chief behavioral health officer before being promoted to chief operating officer of medical strategy. Prior to Centene, Brett spent 19 years at Optum.Brett earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Saint Louis University and is a licensed psychologist.
The promise of current and future technologies is encouraging – and it further underscores the importance of building the right support systems to help patients navigate the system and access the appropriate care at the right time and place.