Magellan Health Insights

Alternative Cost-Saving Strategies for Innovative Treatments: Will Medicaid Enter the Value-Based Pricing Market?

September 23, 2020Pharmacy, Trend AlertMagellan Health, Magellan RX, Magellan Rx Management, Medicaid, Novel Medications, Outcome Based Pricing, Specialty Pharmacy Trend Alert, Trend Alert, Value Based Purchasing

Technological and scientific advancements have dramatically altered the treatment landscape in several disease states. These include orphan diseases and conditions that previously had no disease-modifying treatment options. These innovative therapies have also come with unprecedented costs, with some agents introduced at a price exceeding one million dollars for a single patient. Value-based purchasing arrangements (VBPs)…

COVID-19 and its Impact on the Heart

by Rosalind Watman

September 16, 2020COVID-19Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Heart Issues, Heart Disease, Heart Health

COVID-19, the new coronavirus also known as SARS-CoV-2 was first reported in Wuhan, China in December, 2019. At the time of this article, there have been over 30 million cases and over 900,000 deaths worldwide. In the United States, over 7 million people have been infected with COVID-19, resulting in over 200,000 deaths. Although the…

Stop Medical Distancing

by Magellan Rx Management

September 16, 2020COVID-19Coronavirus, COVID-19, Digital Medicine, Healthcare in COVID-19, Magellan Health, Magellan Rx Management, Mental Health during COVID-19, Stop Medical Distancing, Telehealth

As our country continues to navigate the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing, a new concern has emerged – avoiding and delaying medical help when necessary, also known as medical distancing. Maintaining physical and mental health during the current pandemic is essential. If you are feeling ill, need a routine medical check-up, or have severe feelings…

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The Future is Now: The 17th Annual Specialty Summit

by Magellan Rx Management

September 11, 2020Medical Pharmacy, Pharmacy, TechnologyBiosimilars, COVID-19, Future of Genomics, Future of Specialty Pharmacy, Magellan, Magellan Health, Magellan RX, Magellan Rx Management, Magellan Rx Management Specialty Summit, MRx Specialty Summit, Oncology Biosimilars, Precision Medicine in Oncology, specialty drugs

For the first time ever, the Magellan Rx Management Specialty Summit was hosted virtually and the response from nationally-recognized payers, physicians, and industry insiders was remarkable: more than 700 people tuned in live on August 25 for three hours of forward-thinking content! Over 1,100 registered to take a journey through an exclusive selection of on-demand…

The Role of Lived Experience in Suicide Prevention

by Tom Lane

September 8, 2020COVID-19, Magellan HealthCOVID-19, Digital Peer Support, Mental Health, National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Peer Support, Suicide Awareness, Suicide Prevention, Warmlines

Every 40 seconds someone dies by suicide somewhere in the world.[1] The human tragedy of death by suicide is getting worse, with global suicide rates increasing 60% in the past 45 years.[1] Most people reading this article will know someone who has been impacted by suicide. One group of folks especially at risk for a…

Magellan’s commitment to suicide prevention, for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and beyond

by Magellan Health Insights

September 3, 2020Magellan Health, Suicide Prevention

By Varun Choudhary and Greg Dicharry The impacts of suicide on population subsets Suicide is a leading cause of death in the US.[1] It has become the hidden epidemic in our society that is spreading with the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistics show certain populations are more vulnerable than others. While a recent study shows that 11%…

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A Passion for Predicting Healthcare Outcomes

by Mudit Maheshwari

September 2, 2020PharmacyMagellan Health, Magellan Rx Management, Predictive Analytics, Predictive Modeling, Specialized Healthcare

At Magellan Rx Management, we passionately roll up our sleeves and dig in to solve complex pharmacy problems. One of the ways we do that is by harnessing the power of data for predictive analytics. Predictive analytics play a very important role in the healthcare industry today. It is critical to gain valuable insights about…

A Daily Pill that Reduces the Risk of HIV

by Magellan Rx Management

September 1, 2020PharmacyHIV, HIV Prevention, Magellan Health, Magellan RX, Magellan Rx Management, MRx Cares, Patient Management Programs, PrEP medications

There are an estimated 1.2 million people in the US living with HIV, and roughly 1 in 8 people are undiagnosed. The virus attacks your body’s immune system and weakens its ability to fight infections. When HIV is untreated, it can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and the body becomes even more at risk…