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Magellan

Dec 3, 2013

Department of Administration lifts stay of mental health contract

The Arizona Department of Administration lifted a stay that had halted a multibillion-dollar contract for behavioral health services in Maricopa County, following a recommendation by an administrative law judge.

Jun 4, 2013

Innovative approach pinpoints solutions to mental health issues

Just like diabetes and hypertension, mental illness is an ailment that is treatable — and if untreated can cause morbidity and mortality.

Apr 15, 2013

Capitol Quotes: April 12, 2013

This week's most outstanding quips, gibes and utterances from Arizona's political scene.

Oct 21, 2009

Brewer pushes for change in mental health services

Gov. Jan Brewer on Oct. 20 proposed a policy shift that would steer the mental health care of thousands of Arizona residents to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System... […]

Sep 1, 2009

Number of mentally ill in Maricopa Co. increases

The number of seriously mentally ill people in Maricopa County has exploded in recent years and is expected to grow another 45 percent by 2015, according to state estimates.

Jul 17, 2009

‘Arnold v. Sarn’: Helping or hurting?

The lawsuit that led to the creation of the modern behavioral health care system in Maricopa County has created what many experts say is an artificial set of standards that ignores the real needs of patients. But confusion and disagreement over ways to improve the system have delayed the kind of meaningful reform that almost everyone in the health care community recognizes as necessary.

Jul 17, 2009

Mental health care: 30 years of broken promises

Magellan Health Services has adopted a slogan since taking over Maricopa County's behavioral health care system two years ago: "Getting Better All the Time." The reforms promised by the Maryland-based company in the months before taking control of the system were put on hold while the company tried to rebound from the loss of medical records, a critical audit by the court and a series of well-p[...]

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