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A proactive employer-sponsored mental health program facilitated linkage to mental health services and prescription medications among participants who connected with a care concierge. Objective: The aim of this study is to determine if a proactive employer-sponsored mental health program closed gaps in detection and treatment of mental health conditions. Methods: Of n = 56,442 eligible, n = 8170 (14.5%) participated in the optional screening. Participants with mental health risk were offered care concierge services including support, care planning, and connection to care. Difference in behavioral health care utilization, diagnoses, and prescriptions were evaluated postintervention through claims analysis. Results: Compared with controls (n = 2433), those receiving concierge services (n = 369) were more likely to fill mental health prescriptions (adjusted hazards ratio [HR], 1.2; 1.0–1.5; P = 0.042), use professional mental health services (adjusted HR, 1.4; 1.1–1.8; P = 0.02), and use new mental health services (adjusted HR, 1.9; 1.2–2.8; P = 0.004) in the following 6 months. Conclusions: This proactive mental health program with care concierge services identified risk, connected individuals to mental health care, and facilitated mental health treatment, among program participants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]