Dr. Caroline Carney of Magellan Health: 5 Things We Must Do To Improve the US Healthcare System

Establishing payment parity between primary care, behavioral health and specialist visits. This has the potential to change the dynamic between primary care physicians and their patients. Primary care providers have to read and act upon tests like X-rays in real time, often before any “official” reading is done by a radiologist. Yet, the radiologist is reimbursed at higher rates. As a nation, we’ve begun to offer student-loan forgiveness to make primary care more attractive as a profession, given the shortage of primary care physicians.

As a part of my interview series with leaders in healthcare, I had the pleasure to interview Caroline Carney, MD, MSc, FAMP, CPHQ, Chief Medical Officer, Magellan Health and Magellan Rx Management.

Dr. Caroline Carney is a board-certified internist and a board-certified psychiatrist. She joined Magellan Health in 2016 and serves as Magellan Health’s Chief Medical Officer…