Magellan Rx Management, LLC Earns Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance
November 08 2019 - 6:30AM
Business Wire
Recognized for Utilization Management
Accreditation
Magellan Rx Management, LLC, a division of Magellan Health, Inc.
(NASDAQ: MGLN), today announced it was accredited by the National
Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for Utilization
Management.
NCQA Utilization Management Accreditation focuses on consumer
protection and improvement in service to customers. Standards
recognize that organizations that apply for accreditation have open
access networks, and can improve service quality and utilize
customized structures to meet purchaser needs.
“We are honored to receive this accreditation in utilization
management from NCQA which reinforces our hard work to safeguard
the utilization management program and provide consistently high
quality medical management to our customers and their members,”
said Caroline Carney, MD, MSc, FAPM, CPHQ, chief medical officer,
Magellan Rx Management. “This achievement demonstrates our
commitment to NCQA’s high quality standards as we continue to help
individuals live a healthy, vibrant life.”
“Achieving NCQA Utilization Management Accreditation
demonstrates that Magellan Rx Management has the systems, process
and personnel in place to conduct utilization management in
accordance with the strictest quality standards,” said Margaret E.
O’Kane, NCQA President.
NCQA has reviewed and accredited Magellan Rx Management’s
Utilization Management functions only. For complete details on the
scope of this review, visit www.ncqa.org.
About NCQA: NCQA is a private, nonprofit organization
dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and
certifies a wide range of health care organizations. It also
recognizes clinicians and practices in key areas of performance.
NCQA’s Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®)
is the most widely used performance measurement tool in health
care. NCQA’s website (ncqa.org) contains information to help
consumers, employers and others make more-informed health care
choices. NCQA can be found online at ncqa.org, on Twitter @ncqa, on
Facebook at facebook.com/NCQA.org/ and on LinkedIn at
linkedin.com/company/ncqa.
About Magellan Rx Management: Magellan Rx Management, a
division of Magellan Health, Inc., is a full-service,
next-generation pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) that helps our
customers and members solve complex pharmacy challenges by
connecting them to the people, technology, and information they
need to make smarter healthcare decisions. As experts in managing
specialty spend both on the prescription and medical benefit, we
are energized by discovering new and better ways to deliver
solutions in today’s complex and rapidly-evolving healthcare
environment, leading people to live healthier, more vibrant
lives.
About Magellan Health: Magellan Health, Inc., a Fortune
500 company, is a leader in managing the fastest growing, most
complex areas of health, including special populations, complete
pharmacy benefits and other specialty areas of healthcare. Magellan
supports innovative ways of accessing better health through
technology, while remaining focused on the critical personal
relationships that are necessary to achieve a healthy, vibrant
life. Magellan's customers include health plans and other managed
care organizations, employers, labor unions, various military and
governmental agencies and third-party administrators. For more
information, visit MagellanHealth.com.
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