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Dr. Miranda Kofeldt

Dr. Miranda Kofeldt is a clinical psychologist and VP of Clinical Product/Services at Ascellus Behavioral Health, serving injured workers with workers’ compensation claims to foster functional improvement, workplace resilience, and reductions in lost time due to physical and mental injury. Areas of clinical expertise include behavioral medicine/health psychology, including recovery from substance use, motivational enhancement & trauma-informed care.

Prior to Ascellus, Dr. Kofeldt worked at the University of Maryland Medical Center as a clinician, consultant, and supervisor for psychology and psychiatry residents. She spent a year as a research assistant professor and assistant director of graduate clinical training at the University of Maryland College Park. She has co-authored peer-reviewed articles published in JOEM related to behavioral health services in the context of workers’ compensation, textbook chapters published by the American Psychiatric Association, and contributed to a monograph for the World Health Organization. Her passion is maximizing wellness and clinical outcomes in the context of complex health systems that still separate physical from mental health, despite all health being ‘one health.’

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04.05.2026
Transforming Workers’ Compensation with Behavioral Health: Insights from Ascellus & .406 Ventures

In a recent episode of the Expanding Access podcast from Behavioral Health Tech, Joe Holtschlag and Liam Donohue dive into how behavioral health is reshaping the workers’ compensation landscape.

Insight
04.05.2026
Building the Next Generation of Behavioral Health Access in Workers’ Comp

For many years, behavioral health has been missing from workers’ compensation’s recovery approach. Clinicians have long understood that psychological and social factors slow

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04.05.2026
Ascellus Announces Creation of Vice President of Sales and Customer Activation Role

With years of customer implementation, retention, and growth experience, Nancy Schaefer is appointed to the role

MIAMI (Jan. 20, 2026) – Ascellus, a leading behavioral health provider focused on helping injured workers restore their physical and emotional wellbeing, today announced the appointment of seasoned industry professional Nancy Schaefer as vice president of sales and customer activation.

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