Dr. Sam Toney is Acting Chief Medical Officer of CareSpan Health Inc. Sam Toney first joined CareSpan as its Senior Medical Director for Behavioral Health in early 2019 and initiated a directive to design an integrated approach to diagnosing and treating patients with chronic physical conditions complicated by co-morbid psychiatric and substance use disorders. Dr. Toney has over thirty years of clinical management experience in health plan populations including Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare and commercial lines of business. Prior to joining CareSpan Dr. Toney served as Chief Medical Officer for Health Integrated (which he founded) where he developed a unique behavior modification program known as Dynamic Somato-Social Theory to manage individuals with complex co-morbid profiles.

Dr. Toney has appeared in such publications as the Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy, Managed Healthcare Executive and Population Health News. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences including the Medicaid Managed Care Congress and Medicaid Health Plans of America Conference, and has presented on national webinars for Health Plan Alliance, the Association for Community Affiliated Plans and others.

Dr. Toney is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is licensed to practice medicine in 35 states.