One Suicide is Too Many
One suicide is too many. Yet more than 47,000 Americans die each year as a result of suicide. Because suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in our nation,…
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Is Prior Authorization in need of an Upgrade?
Prior authorization (PA) goes by many names—preauthorization, preapproval, advance notification, precertification and preadmission, to name a few. All these terms refer to the utilization management (UM) process used by many…
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21st Century Measles Outbreak
Nearly 2 decades after measles was declared “eliminated” in the United States (US), we find ourselves in the midst of an unprecedented measles outbreak in the modern era of vaccination….
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Minority Mental Health Awareness Month Q&A
As we observe National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, we sat down with Dr. Rakel Beall-Wilkins, Magellan Healthcare medical director. Magellan Health Insights: Dr. Beall-Wilkins, thank you for speaking with us today. Of course,…
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Going Beyond Traditional Benefits: Healthcare Systems Begin to Address Social Determinants of Health
Two patients, both 73-year-old males with newly diagnosed congestive heart failure, are seen by the same provider and prescribed the same therapeutic regimen. Despite the similarities, the 2 patients experienced…
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Stuck between a Rock and an Empty Insulin Vial
While there may be some debate as to who deserves credit for originally developing insulin in the 1920s, there is no doubt that its serendipitous discovery had a life-saving impact….
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Caring for Yourself after an Organ Transplant
For many patients, receiving an organ transplant may feel like the end of a painful, stressful journey. In fact, the transplant serves as the starting point of a new chapter…
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Helping Families In Crisis
Care is core to every service we deliver and everything we do at Magellan Health. Through our work, we are listening, learning and using our collective insight to make a…
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