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Magellan in the News: Opioid Study

by Magellan Health Insights

September 26, 2017 Addiction, Gowri Shetty, Magellan, Magellan Health, Magellan Healthcare, Opioid Addiction Study, opioid crisis, Shareh Ghani

Living in Recovery

by Dana Foglesong

September 26, 2017 Addiction, healthy living, Living in Recovery, Magellan, Magellan Health, Magellan Healthcare, Mental Health, National Recovery Month, Peer Support, Recovery, substance abuse, Substance use disorder, Tom Lane

Nearly half of patients who stop taking opioids for six months resume use later

by Magellan Health Insights

August 21, 2017 Addiction, addiction crisis, American Psychiatric Association, APA, Clinical Psychiatry News, Dr. Shareh Ghani, Gowry Shetti, Magellan, Magellan Health, Magellan Healthcare, Opiate, Opiates, Opioid, Opioid Study

Magellan’s Role on the National Quality Forum’s Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Project Coordinating Committee

by Magellan Health Insights

April 10, 2017 Addiction, CHIP, Karen Amstutz, LTSS, Magellan, Magellan Health, Medicaid, MLTSS, substance abuse

In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) calculated that healthcare providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for opioid painkillers. That is enough for every American adult to receive a bottle of pills.

Medicine Cabinet Minefield: How old prescriptions drugs are fueling an opioid addiction crisis

by Magellan Health Insights

November 7, 2016 Addiction, Epidemic, Magellan, Magellan Healthcare, Opiate, Opioid, Prescription Drugs

See the impact of opioid addiction in this new infographic

by Magellan Health Insights

October 17, 2016 Addiction, addiction crisis, Behavioral Health, drug abuse, Drug Addiction Treatment, Magellan, Magellan Health, Magellan Healthcare, oipate abuse, Opiate, opiate addiction, Opioid, Opioid Abuse, opioid addiction, opioid crisis, social issues, substance abuse

Person-first language: It’s time to bring healthcare into the 21st century

by Dana Foglesong

October 10, 2016 Addiction, Magellan, Magellan Healthcare, Mental Health, Peer Support, Person-First Language, Recovery, substance abuse, Tom Lane

October is Substance Abuse Prevention Month

by Magellan Health Insights

September 28, 2016 Addiction, Behavioral Health, Dr. Karen Amstutz, drug abuse, Magellan, Magellan Health, Magellan Healthcare, Opiate, opiate addiction, Opioid, opioid addiction, Painkiller Addiction, Prescription Pills, substance abuse