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Constella's Mental Health and Substance Use Program Director Featured on Cover of Leading Trade Journal

The cover photo and other images that appear throughout the article were taken at The Durham Center, a public behavioral healthcare facility near Constella's corporate office in Durham, NC.

July 3—Dr. Ron Manderscheid, Director of Constella's Mental Health and Substance Use Programs, proudly poses in front of a public behavioral healthcare facility on the cover of the June issue of Behavioral Healthcare magazine, which features an interview with Dr. Manderscheid on the topic of Medicaid reform.

In the interview - conducted by the magazine's Washington D.C editor - Dr. Manderscheid discusses the state of the Medicaid program, the role it plays as a primary funding source for mental health services, and the reform that is needed to ensure the program is adequately covering the needs of behavioral healthcare consumers in the U.S.

"I am extremely passionate about this topic and was pleased when Behavioral Healthcare approached me for this interview," said Dr. Manderscheid. "The type of transformational changes we need in government-funded healthcare programs like Medicaid will require a collective effort on the part of behavioral healthcare managers, providers, consumers, and their family members. A platform like Behavioral Healthcare presents a wonderful opportunity to bring these important issues to light and to propose a call to action to our colleagues throughout the industry."

About Behavioral Healthcare Targeted to mental health professionals, managed care executives, and others involved in providing, purchasing or managing of behavioral health care benefits and services, Behavioral Healthcare magazine provides information on initiatives to improve the quality and structure of the behavioral health care industry.

The interview also includes a sidebar article that Dr. Manderscheid wrote titled, "Making a Case for Parity and Medicare Reform."  The article highlights the details of two mental and addictive disorder parity bills currently being debated in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives as well as a proposed House resolution to reform mental health coverage under Medicare. Dr. Manderscheid provided testimony on this proposed legislation at a House of Representatives hearing held in March of this year.

The full Behavioral Healthcare interview, including Dr. Manderscheid's article, is now available on the magazine's website .