In this special recording of a live Canton Pulse webinar, host Don McDaniel sits down with Dr. Caroline Carney, President of Behavioral Health and CMO of Magellan Health, to discuss how health centers have embraced integrated care as a driver for improved outcomes. Dr. Carney is an active clinician practicing internal medicine and psychiatry, and works with a FQHC in building collaborative care models.

Host Don McDaniel sits down with Verneda Bachus, Chief Executive Officer for Friend Health, a federally qualified health center in Chicago, Illinois, to discuss the challenges and importance of strategic planning. For more than 20 years, Verneda has led FQHCs and other organizations through challenging start-up, turn-around, and change environments. As CEO of Friend Health, Verneda has led the organization through transformative growth for improved clinical performance and increased access to care.

I’m Don McDaniel, CEO of Canton & Company, and proud serial entrepreneur with the scars, lessons, and a few wins that go with that moniker – and I wouldn’t change a thing. I’ve been in healthcare for more than 25 years, experiencing its arrested development from many seats. Because of this deep “pathology” we have a wonderful opportunity to re-imagine it.    That’s why discussion and discourse with healthcare entrepreneurs and agitators energizes me – they are unafraid to challenge conventional wisdom and to shake things up.    I invite you to be part of the dialogue with our industry’s leading minds. Together we can share our knowledge, our scars, and begin to usher in the next generation of health.    This – is Canton Pulse.