Magellan Health Announces Pilot with Mightier
July 22 2020 - 6:30AM
Business Wire
Program will utilize biofeedback video game
technology with children who have autism and other behavioral
health conditions
Magellan Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGLN), one of
the nation’s leaders in behavioral health, today announced a
collaboration between Magellan Healthcare (Magellan), the
behavioral and specialty healthcare segment of the company, and
Neuromotion, Inc., developer of Mightier, an in-home digital
platform that empowers children to learn lifelong emotional skills
through play, to make Mightier available to certain Magellan
members in a pilot program.
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“Children are increasingly being diagnosed with behavioral
health disorders and the impact is felt by the entire family,” said
Matthew Miller, senior vice president, behavioral health, Magellan
Healthcare. “We are proud to launch this pilot with Mightier as a
cost effective, outcomes-based treatment. By teaching children how
to navigate daily challenges through visual technology they learn
how to cope and properly manage their stress in a meaningful and
fun way.”
Developed at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical
School, the Mightier program pairs video games with clinically
validated emotion calming skills to help kids learn through play.
In addition to the video game platform, caregivers are supported
with a personalized dashboard to track progress, access to the
Mightier Parent community, and 1-1 coaching with a licensed,
master’s level clinician to tailor the program to their individual
family needs.
Over the last three years, Mightier has reached more than 25,000
families worldwide, with thousands of new families being added
every month. Over 75 percent of families report improvement made
possible by an unwavering commitment to building an engaging
experience supported by clinical expertise.
Magellan and Mightier are deeply committed to empowering every
child to build emotional strength. By combining Magellan’s
market-leading clinical experience and network of providers
specializing in autism with Mightier’s innovative technology,
children and families participating in the pilot will receive high
quality care focused on positive outcomes.
Jason Kahn, PhD, Mightier’s Chief Scientific Officer says the
collaboration will set the stage to positively impact families and
improve outcomes for children with ASD. “Mightier is a new tool
that supports the increasing diagnoses of autism and other
behavioral health disorders. Our solution meets kids and families
where they are: at home. The pandemic amplifies this need even
further, we need new ways to support kids and families. Our digital
program can play a significant role by providing evidenced-based,
personalized interventions from the comfort of home.”
About Mightier: Mightier is Boston-based startup on a
mission to empower every child to build emotional strength.
Mightier pairs video games with clinically validated strategies to
build emotional resilience and confidence. The approach is backed
by a decade of clinical research at Boston Children’s Hospital and
Harvard Medical School and has been shown to reduce outbursts by 62
percent, oppositional behavior by 40 percent, and family stress by
19 percent. For more information, visit Mightier.com.
About Magellan Healthcare: Magellan Healthcare, Inc., the
healthcare business unit of Magellan Health, Inc., offers solutions
for complex conditions in the areas of behavioral health, medical
specialty treatment and fully integrated managed care. Magellan
Healthcare serves commercial health plans, employers, state and
local governments, and the Federal government, including the
Department of Defense. For more information, visit
MagellanHealthcare.com.
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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Magellan Health Media Contact: Lilly Ackley,
ackleyl@magellanhealth.com, (860) 507-1923 Magellan Health
Investor Contact: Darren Lehrich, lehrichd@magellanhealth.com,
(860) 507-1814 Mightier Media Contact: Andrea LePain,
andrea@emediajunction.com, (617) 275-8112
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