Being a parent is one of the most challenging and rewarding jobs an individual can hold. When behavioral health challenges are added, it becomes even more difficult. Try, for a…
As a former Medicaid recipient who relied on treatment from community behavioral health centers, I know first-hand the transformative power a peer specialist can have a in a person’s life….
To mark Mental Health Month, we had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Caroline Carney, chief medical officer of Magellan Healthcare. Dr. Carney shed some light on stigma, barriers…
It’s 11:30 on a Tuesday night in the emergency department of a local county hospital. The doctor pulls back the curtain on his next patient and frowns. He has seen…
On March 22, Magellan Rx Management released its seventh annual Medical Pharmacy Trend Report, which continues to be a leading source for payers and other industry stakeholders to analyze high-cost…
When I was selected to join the National Quality Forum’s Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Project Coordinating Committee, I thought about the background and experiences I would bring with me – both…
April marks Autism Awareness Month, which focuses on increasing awareness and understanding of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). People with ASD may learn, communicate, and behave in ways that are different…
Learn more about ways to keep specialty spend, an important — and quickly growing — area of pharmacy spend, from Matt Ward, Magellan Rx Management’s general manager of the employer…