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New podcast episodes are now available

Two new episodes of Magellan Behavioral Health of Pennsylvania’s Behavioral Health Matters podcast are here, featuring conversations on children’s behavioral health and rural behavioral health.

New podcast episodes are now available

Magellan of Louisiana earns NCQA accreditation

Providers play a vital role in ongoing program success. Magellan of Louisiana is pleased to announce that our Coordinated System of Care (CSoC) program has successfully achieved reaccreditation...

Magellan of Louisiana earns NCQA accreditation

Providing ABA services for employer plans

Magellan Healthcare* manages applied behavior analysis (ABA) benefits for several employer-sponsored health plans. What this means for you: If you are contracted as a Magellan ABA provider, you...

Providing ABA services for employer plans

Conference strengthens provider collaboration across Wyoming

Magellan Healthcare of Wyoming hosted its 4th Annual Collaborative Connections Conference June 24-26, 2026, in Cheyenne. The event brought together providers, community partners and organizations...

Conference strengthens provider collaboration across Wyoming

Crisis services: Supporting accurate documentation and billing

Crisis services provide immediate support for members experiencing acute psychological distress. Because these services involve urgent intervention, documentation must clearly support medical...

Crisis services: Supporting accurate documentation and billing

Update: How to enroll for EFT payments

To receive electronic funds transfer (EFT) payments for services provided to Pennsylvania HealthChoices members, you must enroll in EFT.

Update: How to enroll for EFT payments

Crisis services: Supporting accurate documentation and billing

Crisis services provide immediate support for members experiencing acute psychological distress. Because these services involve urgent intervention, documentation must clearly support medical...

Featured: Featured Issue: Summer 2026
Crisis services: Supporting accurate documentation and billing

Medical necessity criteria updates to occur in fall 2026

The 2026-2027 Magellan Care Guidelines will become effective Oct. 10, 2026. These are now posted on our provider website, MagellanProvider.com. The 2025-2026 Magellan Care Guidelines will remain in...

Featured: Featured Issue: Summer 2026
Medical necessity criteria updates to occur in fall 2026

What to know about virtual credit cards

Magellan has noticed a trend of providers not using the payments issued to them via virtual credit cards (VCCs) or leaving balances on VCCs. When this happens, payments must eventually be converted...

Featured: Featured Issue: Summer 2026
What to know about virtual credit cards

Provider feedback drives meaningful change

Every year, Magellan providers share valuable feedback in our provider experience survey. Those insights help shape improvements across the provider experience, and your feedback makes a difference.

Featured: Featured Issue: Summer 2026
Provider feedback drives meaningful change

Help members find the right provider (it could be YOU)

In support of increasing awareness of maternal mental health, Magellan gives you several options when sharing your specialties via the Provider Data Change Form. We encourage you to share...

Featured: Featured Issue: Summer 2026
Help members find the right provider (it could be YOU)

Go to Availity Essentials for claims and more

With Magellan's Claims Courier set to retire in the coming weeks, Availity Essentials' simplified claims functions could be just what you need. (Plus, Availity Essentials gives you access to claims...

Featured: Featured Issue: Spring 2026
Go to Availity Essentials for claims and more

Claims functions available in Availity Essentials

Availity Essentials is now the primary place to submit claims, check claim status and view remittance and EOP/EOB information — if you haven’t started using Availity yet, now’s the time.

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Claims functions available in Availity Essentials

Connection saves lives — at all ages

During September and throughout the year, Magellan invites our network providers to join us in increasing awareness about the risks for suicide — in yourself and others — along with the importance...

Featured: Featured Issue: Summer 2026
Connection saves lives — at all ages
MARCOM Awards

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