BCH verified by ALL IN: Wellbeing First for Healthcare, ensuring no invasive mental health questions on credentialing applications

Boulder Community Health is a 2026 Wellbeing First Champion, having been recently recognized by ALL IN: Wellbeing First for Healthcare. As a Wellbeing First Champion, BCH has verified that its credentialing applications are free from intrusive, stigmatizing mental health questions. This means that physicians and other clinical staff at Boulder Community Health can seek mental health care or treatment for substance use without fear of negative effects on their license or career.

The Colorado Medical Society, working with the American Medical Association, already made gains in this area through the strong support of House Bill 25-1176, which passed the Colorado legislature in 2025. This new law removes stigmatizing, invasive mental health and substance use questions from medical licensing applications. With the Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation, the work has continued with individual systems and their credentialing processes. Boulder Community Health is the latest in Colorado to be recognized, joining a growing list.

Like everyone, health workers deserve the right to pursue mental health care confidentially.  Removing these overly invasive mental health questions in licensing and credentialing applications takes one more step in changing the culture in health care and ensuring physicians and other health workers know their mental health and wellbeing is a priority.

“Every health worker is a human being who carries the immense weight of caring for others. For too long, our caregivers have suffered in silence, fearing that seeking the confidential mental health care they need would cost them the career they love,” said Corey Feist, CEO and Co-Founder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation, which leads the ALL IN: Wellbeing First for Healthcare coalition. “Boulder Community Health is breaking that silence – sending a powerful, compassionate message to their workforce that your life matters as much as your livelihood, and you never have to choose between the two.”