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What to know about your Form 1099s

We will mail your Form 1099 to the financial address on record. If you want your 1099s to go to a different address, you must update your financial address electronically via the Magellan provider...

Featured: Featured Issue: Fall 2025
What to know about your Form 1099s

Support youth through quality care

These three key measures play a critical role in identifying care gaps, supporting early intervention, and improving long-term outcomes for youth with behavioral health conditions.

Featured: Featured Issue: Summer 2025
Support youth through quality care

Medical necessity criteria updates to occur in fall 2025

The 2025-2026 Magellan Care Guidelines will become effective Nov. 8, 2025. Stay tuned to our provider website for its release.

Featured: Featured Issue: Summer 2025
Medical necessity criteria updates to occur in fall 2025

Recognizing and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse

As a valued provider in the Magellan network, you play a critical role in maintaining the integrity of healthcare services. Learn how to spot common examples of fraud, waste, and abuse.

Featured: Featured Issue: Summer 2025
Recognizing and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse

Submitting claims for telehealth services?

Be sure to include these essential details for smooth reimbursement.

Featured: Featured Issue: Summer 2025
Submitting claims for telehealth services?

Breaking the silence, saving lives

September marks Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Together, we can foster a culture of awareness and compassion that saves lives. Explore Magellan resources for yourself, your practice and your...

Featured: Featured Issue: Summer 2025
Breaking the silence, saving lives

7 reasons to keep your practice data current

Starting with #1: You want to help members make informed choices about their behavioral healthcare.

Featured: Featured Issue: Summer 2025
7 reasons to keep your practice data current

Conducting routine self-audits

As a healthcare provider, it is important that your recordkeeping and claims submission processes are accurate and compliant with applicable regulations. Keep your practice compliant and avoid...

Featured: Featured Issue: Winter 2025
Conducting routine self-audits

Patient safety depends on coordinating care

While the overall response rate in 2024 remained steady compared to the previous year, survey results showed a downward trend in compliance with recommended standards.

Featured: Featured Issue: Winter 2025
Patient safety depends on coordinating care

Magellan seeks to understand barriers providers face

In a recent analysis of the Magellan provider network, we’ve noticed that a significant number of practices have not attested to their information within the past quarter or submitted any claims...

Featured: Featured Issue: Winter 2025
Magellan seeks to understand barriers providers face

California handbook supplement now online for 2026

The California provider handbook supplement and related appendices are now online on Magellan’s* provider website. Contracted providers must follow the policies and procedures outlined in handbook...

California handbook supplement now online for 2026

Upcoming changes to Magellan benefit administration, Jan. 1

In January 2026, Magellan Healthcare* will begin to phase out behavioral health benefit administration for several health plans. We understand the importance of continuity of care and provider...

Upcoming changes to Magellan benefit administration, Jan. 1

Treatment record reviews finish strong

The Human Affairs International of California (HAI-CA)* care management center recently completed collating the results of its annual member treatment record review, which included clinical...

Treatment record reviews finish strong

Timely follow-up appointments help patient outcomes

Key dates to know when scheduling FUH, FUM, and FUA appointments at year's end You’re likely already aware that meeting HEDIS standards* can help providers align their practices with evidence-based...

Timely follow-up appointments help patient outcomes

Texas facilities: Requesting an in-lieu of service

Magellan* authorizes intensive outpatient program (IOP), partial hospitalization program (PHP), coordinated specialty care (CSC), and institution of mental disease (IMD) services as an in-lieu-of...

Texas facilities: Requesting an in-lieu of service

Texas Medicaid requires enrollment revalidation

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has asked managed care organizations, including Magellan,* to help providers complete Medicaid enrollment revalidation. Why this matters If you...

Texas Medicaid requires enrollment revalidation

Providers participate in treatment record review

Magellan compiles annual results of its provider treatment record review process applicable to the Magellan center serving commercial health plans in the states other than California. As reflected...

Providers participate in treatment record review

Plan-specific materials revised

Be sure to visit the Plan-Specific Information pages on our provider website for provider materials — such as handbook supplements and quick reference guides — that are specific to regions where...

Plan-specific materials revised

QI program evaluation reflects accomplishments

The Magellan center serving commercial health plans in states other than California conducted a comprehensive evaluation of its quality improvement (QI) program covering the full year 2024. For the...

QI program evaluation reflects accomplishments

Upcoming changes to Magellan benefit administration, Jan. 1

In January 2026, Magellan Healthcare will begin to phase out behavioral health benefit administration for several health plans. We understand the importance of continuity of care and provider...

Upcoming changes to Magellan benefit administration, Jan. 1
MARCOM Awards

Provider Focus has won the MARCOM Gold Award in 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021