2015 Annual Training Conference & Anti-Fraud Expo

Gary Henschen, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Behavioral Health
Magellan Health Services, Inc.


Gary M. Henschen, M.D. is chief medical officer-behavioral health for Magellan Health Services, a specialty health company offering oversight of care in behavioral health, radiology, and specialty pharmacy management services. In his current role, he directs a team that develops medical necessity criteria, new technology assessments, and clinical practice guidelines for behavioral health. He provides clinical expertise in new product development and the quality improvement program for Magellan. Prior to his joining Magellan, Dr. Henschen was chief medical officer for Charter Behavioral Health Systems, LLC. Before that, he was in private practice of psychiatry and psychoanalysis in Greensboro, North Carolina for fifteen years. Dr. Henschen is a graduate of Davidson College. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He completed his internship in medicine at Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco, and completed military service with the U.S. Army in Germany where he was flight surgeon and commander of the 536th General Dispensary. Dr. Henschen completed his residency and chief residency in psychiatry at Duke Medical Center, and completed psychoanalytic training at the UNC-Duke Psychoanalytic Institute. His research interests have included the assessment and prevention of suicide; psychiatric consultation and liaison with primary care physicians; the development of quality metrics, and providing consultation to behavioral special investigation units. Dr. Henschen is licensed to practice medicine in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Iowa.

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