Magellan Health Responds to U.S. Surgeon General’s Call to Protect Youth Mental Health
16 Dicembre 2021 - 12:30PM
Business Wire
Magellan Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGLN) today issued the following
statement in response to the public health advisory by U.S. Surgeon
General Vivek H. Murthy on the urgent need to address the mental
health crisis confronting children, adolescents and young
adults.
We commend the U.S. Surgeon General for adding his crucial voice
and calling attention to the growing mental health crisis that is
impacting our nation’s youth. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic
started wreaking havoc on our “normal” lives and mental health, 1
in 6 children aged 2-8 years in the U.S. had been diagnosed with a
mental, behavioral or developmental disorder.i
During the pandemic, an increasing number of children were seen
in emergency departments (EDs) for mental health-related care. From
mid-March to October 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention reported a 24% increase in mental health-related ED
visits among children aged 5-11 years and a 31% increase in youth
aged 12-17 years, compared with the same period in 2019.ii
Youth and young adults who started off 2020 without a mental
health diagnosis may have ended the year with depression and other
mental health conditions, likely caused or exacerbated by the
pandemic. A June 2020 CDC report on mental health, substance use,
and suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic shows that 26%
of young people aged 18-24 seriously contemplated suicide compared
to 11% of adults. iii
We are encouraged by the Surgeon General’s Advisory as it calls
attention to this urgent public health issue. This action, we hope,
will renew our country’s focus on addressing the mental health
needs of youth and will also help recognize the continuing
importance of mental wellbeing to our overall health. Equally
important is the need for our country to address the shortcomings
of our mental health system and a commitment to adequately fund the
system for all youth, regardless of health insurance type or
coverage.
We strongly support the Surgeon General’s recommendations and
are committed to addressing this growing crisis by working together
with our members and their families, community partners,
clinicians, and other healthcare organizations to prioritize
improving the mental health system for today’s youth by supporting
the following:
- increasing the Federal Medicaid
Match (FMAP) for Pediatric Mental Health Care Services;
- strengthening care coordination and
integration among all stakeholders and community partners;
- providing investments to support
the appropriate treatment, at the appropriate place and time;
- increasing Funding for Infant and
Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant (IECMHC);
- investments in early intervention
and screening;
- establishment of core quality
standards and financial incentives to improve accountability and
outcomes;
- increasing Funding for First
Episode Psychosis (FEP) Programs; and
- investments in and support for a
pediatric mental health workforce.
This is an unprecedented moment in which our society can no
longer afford to be indifferent or silent. As a leader in managing
the fastest growing, most complex areas of healthcare, Magellan
Health will continue to focus on offering our evidence-based model
of care that is built around a compassionate, individualized
approach to help those in need achieve resilience and recovery.
About Magellan Health: Magellan Health, Inc. 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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https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/data.html ii
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6945a3.htm iii
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6932a1.htm
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