Magellan Complete Care of Louisiana, Inc. Earns Full Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance
July 30 2020 - 6:30AM
Business Wire
Magellan Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGLN), one of the nation’s
leaders in behavioral health, today announced that Magellan
Complete Care of Louisiana, Inc., dba Magellan of Louisiana, has
earned Full Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health Organization (MBHO)
Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance
(NCQA).
"Magellan of Louisiana is the only NCQA-Accredited Managed
Behavioral Health Organization in the state of Louisiana that uses
a wraparound model of care,” said Kathleen Coenson, General Manager
of the Louisiana Coordinated System of Care (CSoC) Program for
Magellan of Louisiana. “We are proud of this achievement and the
outcomes that demonstrate the excellent behavioral health work that
can be accomplished and coordinated through this model.”
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) contracts with Magellan
of Louisiana to coordinate, administer and manage specialized
behavioral health services for Medicaid eligible children and youth
potentially qualified for or enrolled in the CSoC waiver. Magellan
of Louisiana, within a wraparound model of care, continues to help
children and youth from ages 5 through 20 who have serious mental
health and substance use challenges and are in or at risk of
out-of-home placement. It offers services and supports that help
these youth return to or remain at home while they are being
helped.
“CSoC is an innovative program designed to safely and
successfully keep children with significant behavioral health and
emotional challenges in their homes and communities,” said Karen
Stubbs, Assistant Secretary of the Louisiana Office of Behavioral
Health. “With CSoC, children and their families receive extra
support from the wraparound agencies, as well as variety of service
providers, all working together to meet the family’s needs. CSoC
has demonstrated positive outcomes, and now NCQA accreditation. We
congratulate Magellan, as well as the wraparound agencies, the many
service providers and all of the CSoC families on this great
accomplishment.”
NCQA is an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to
assessing and reporting on the quality of managed care plans,
managed behavioral healthcare organizations, preferred provider
organizations, new health plans, physician organizations,
credentials verification organizations, disease management programs
and other health-related programs. NCQA reviews include rigorous
on-site and off-site evaluations conducted by a team of physicians
and managed care experts. A national oversight committee of
physicians and behavioral health providers analyzes the team’s
findings and assigns an accreditation level based on the MBHO’s
performance compared to NCQA standards.
NCQA MBHO Accreditation standards are purposely set high to
encourage MBHOs to continuously enhance their quality. There are
approximately 60 standards for quality included in the following
categories: quality management and improvement; utilization
management; credentialing and re-credentialing; members’ rights and
responsibilities; and preventive behavioral health care
services.
About the National Committee for Quality Assurance
(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 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 state and county governmental
agencies, health plans and other managed care organizations,
employers, labor unions, various military agencies and third-party
administrators. For more information, visit MagellanHealth.com.
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