Dr. Carney leads Magellan Health, a leader in behavioral health and related services, as CEO. She’s responsible for the company’s strategic direction and operational execution across a customer base that includes health plans, managed care organizations, employers, labor unions, military and governmental agencies, and third-party administrators. She joined Magellan Health in 2016 and built her leadership within the organization progressively, serving in various clinical leadership roles before becoming chief medical officer in 2020 and president of the behavioral health business in 2022. A board-certified internist and board-certified psychiatrist, Dr. Carney has dedicated her career to serving complex populations at the intersection of medical and behavioral health, an expertise reflected in her authorship and co-authorship of more than 100 peer and non-peer reviewed publications surrounding comorbid medical and behavioral health conditions. Prior to joining Magellan Health, she served as medical director for the Indiana Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning, helping to launch the Medicaid expansion product and leading the behavioral health transformation for the state’s community mental health services. This experience gave her a firsthand understanding of the policy and operational realities of delivering behavioral health care at scale.
