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December 2023
Magellan Federal Earns Military Friendly® and Military Times’ Best for Vets Employer Designations

FRISCO, Texas – December 12, 2023Magellan Health, Inc., is proud to announce that its subsidiary, Magellan Federal, has been honored with the 2024 Military Friendly® Employer at the gold level, and the 2023 Military Times’ Best For Vets employer designation. This is the third consecutive year that Magellan Federal has been recognized as a Military Friendly® employer and its first year on the Military Times’ Best for Vets Employer list.

November 2023
Contracts Executive of the Year Award 2023 Winner: Doug Humerick

We’re proud to announce that our very own Doug Humerick, VP of Contracts and Procurement, won the prestigious Contracts Executive of the Year award at the 2023 WashingtonExec Pinnacle Awards yesterday!

Doug’s dedication, leadership, and unparalleled expertise have set the standard within Magellan Federal and have been recognized and celebrated by industry leaders!

June 2023
Magellan Federal selected to administer the Personal Financial Counselors program globally to service members and their families to maintain financial wellbeing. 
February 2023
Magellan Federal Named a Winner of 2023 Top Workplaces USA

Work-life balance, role and recognition were the top three overall strengths recognized by the prestigious Top Workplaces award

FRISCO, Texas – February 2, 2023Magellan Federal, a subsidiary of Magellan Health, Inc., announced it has earned the 2023 Top Workplaces USA award by Energage, a purpose-driven organization that develops solutions to build and brand Top Workplaces. The award selection was based solely on the employee feedback captured by the Energage Workplace Survey, which was conducted between October 27–November 3, 2022.

January 2023
How EAP Programs Rose to the Challenges of the Pandemic

[Magellan Federal insight article featured on federalnewsnetwork.com]

The recent pandemic put severe stress on the U.S. workforce, and federal employees were not exempt from that. The sudden change to full-time remote work, financial trouble, health issues and childcare challenges all rose in prominence. To help workforces deal with these challenges, Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) also rose to the forefront, leveraging pandemic-driven technologies to help improve the services they offer.

Jan 4, 2022
Centene Completes Acquisition of Magellan Health, Establishing a Leading Behavioral Health Platform at a Critical Time

Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Magellan Health, Inc.

The acquisition enables Centene to provide whole-health, integrated healthcare solutions to deliver better health outcomes at lower costs for complex, high-cost populations.

Spring 2021
Magellan Federal Retains EAP & Work-Life Services Contract for the Department of Defense

Magellan Federal has been awarded the opportunity to continue delivering Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) & Work-Life Services for the civilian employees within Department of Defense (DoD), through Washington Headquarters Services (WHS). The new WHS Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is an opportunity for Magellan to provide services to more than 500,000 DoD employees and their family member around the globe. With nearly 50 years of experience in EAP, Magellan is an industry leader in the EAP and Work-Life Services market, serving over 900 active EAP clients and 750 active Work-Life clients touching over 15 million total EAP members’ lives.

“Our team is thrilled to continue supporting the mental health, wellness, and resilience of our DoD Civilians,” said Magellan Federal CEO, Oscar Montes. “Our powerful combination of mental health clinical expertise, digital support tools, and responsive call center services help our members face workplace and personal challenges more effectively, leading to a more productive workforce and happier, healthier lives—our ultimate mission here at Magellan.”

Spring 2021
Magellan Federal Retains Navy Contract

Magellan Federal will continue providing support for ID cards issued to Navy service members and their families under a recently announced contract worth up to $84 million.

Magellan Federal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Magellan Health, has been doing this work since August 2019 and will provide services for up to another 5.5 years under the Identification Card Administration support services contract. The company currently serves more than 900,000 customers, providing services for Common Access Cards, which are used for members of the Navy and eligible family members to obtain certain benefits and privileges.

Magellan Federal will continue operating and maintaining the CAC workstations, processing CACs, and providing application guidance for eligible customers at 68 Navy installations worldwide.

“Our team has demonstrated our capacity to manage the highly complex, detail-oriented services on the Navy ICA program, including our rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic,” said CEO Oscar Montes.

“Faced with unprecedented challenges, we were able to ensure continuity of quality services to the Navy, and we are proud to be awarded the opportunity to continue this important work,” Montes said.

The new contract has one base year and four and a half option years.

Winter 2020
Magellan Federal Rebrand Completed

November 11, 2020 – Magellan Health, Inc. announced the official rebrand of Magellan Federal. Read more from the official Magellan Health press release.