Health and Wellness
Health, Wellness and Longevity Initiative
Based on a report published by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, USA Today published in 2007 that adults with serious mental illness (SMI) treated in public systems die approximately 25 years earlier than Americans overall. In Maricopa County, the largest and most populated county in Arizona, the rate of premature death for persons with SMI is 31.8 years earlier than that of the general population. The SMI population also has a higher rate of diabetes, hypertension, obesity and dyslipidemia than the general population, and the incidence of cardiovascular disease in persons with SMI is two to three times that of the general population. Persons with SMI diagnoses also have poorer diets and are more sedentary than the general population.
To improve the length and quality of life of the people Magellan serves, this initiative will create programs and a mindset throughout the system to address mind and body health and wellness. This involves developing a model of care that combines physical and behavioral health and focuses on strengthening the whole health of the individual.
The health and wellness page can be reached quickly at any time by using the URL www.MagellanofAZ.com/Wellness.
Community Reinvestment Initiative to Support Whole Health Programs for Adults and Children
In November 2011, Magellan Health Services of Arizona announced that it was accepting community reinvestment funding applications for innovative programs in Maricopa County that will integrate physical healthcare services with general mental health services, for adults, and behavioral health services for children, to provide a whole health approach to health care for those challenged with mental illness. While significant attention has been paid to the life-span disparity and poor health outcomes of adults with a Serious Mental Illness (SMI), integrated care is an important initiative across all behavioral health populations, and Magellan seeks to enhance coordination, improve outcomes and lower costs through these initiatives.
Update: Awardees Selected
Magellan Health Services of Arizona is very pleased with the number and the quality of proposals we received for the Living Healthy Working Well - Community Reinvestment Request for Proposals (RFP) that was issued in November 2011. After conducting an extensive and detailed review of the children and adult proposals received, Magellan has selected the following RFP awardees:
Adult General Mental Health/Substance Abuse:
- Jewish Family & Children's Service (JFCS)
- TERROS
- Valle del Sol
Child/Youth:
- Valle del Sol
Magellan would like to thank all of the agencies that submitted a proposal for their time and dedication to improving the overall health of the people they serve.
Maricopa Integrated Healthcare Home Project (IHH)
On Tuesday, August 2, Governor Jan Brewer announced a project to integrate mental and physical healthcare for the 14,000 Medicaid-eligible individuals in the central Arizona behavioral health system who are challenged with serious mental illness. This project is designed to enhance the quality and length of life for these individuals, who on average die 32 years younger than those in the general population.
The IHH Project is a partnership among Magellan Health Services of Arizona, Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS), and central Arizona's four adult SMI provider network organizations (PNOs): CHOICES Network, Partners in Recovery, People of Color Network and Southwest Network.
- Press release
- IHH fact sheet
- IHH Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Typical patient vignette (profiles of service recipients who can benefit from IHH)
- 14 Essential Elements of Integration--the model for Maricopa
- Facts about individuals with a serious mental illness
- Complex Care Services--a whole-health approach addresses the mind, body and spirit and incorporates the complex and multi-variable challenges faced by people with serious mental illness.
- IHH press conference photos
- IHH press conference video
Integrated Health Background Materials
- Milbank Memorial Fund Report - Introduces the four quadrant model for medical and behavioral health risk complexity and a continuum of integration models.
- State Option to Provide Health Homes for Enrollees with Chronic Conditions (ACA Section 2703) - Letter to state Medicaid directors from CMS outlining the six key chronic conditions, SMI, Substance Use Disorders, Asthma, Diabetes, Heart Disease and Obesity (as evidenced by BMI > 25).
- HHS Framework for Multiple Chronic Conditions - Recent document outlining the Federal direction moving away from segmented focus on individual chronic conditions to a complex and individualized approach that considers and treats the whole person.
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Benjamin Druss research that expands dialogue from behavioral and medical issues to include psychosocial and other risk factors like abuse/trauma and impactible behaviors like smoking, etc.
Transformation Transfer Initiative Grant
In 2010, Magellan, in partnership with the Arizona Department of Health Services Division of Behavioral Health Services (ADHS/DBHS), was awarded a Transformation Transfer Initiative (TTI) grant to develop a peer-based whole health program. The overall goals and outcomes of the program are as follows:
- Increased longevity for the behavioral health services recipient
- Improved quality of life for the behavioral health services recipient
- Increased coordination of care between primary care and behavioral health
- Increased participation in recovery through medical autonomy
Below you will find more information on the TTI grant and Magellan's whole health program.
- TTI Grant Application (58K)
- For the Health of It! Journal (1.73 MB)
- For the Health of It! Program Participation and Information Release Form (87K)
- TTI Whole Health Program Project Plan (23K)
- Partners In Recovery Whole Health Plan (102K)
- People of Color Network Whole Health Plan (37K)
- Southwest Network Whole Health Plan (91K)
Health and Wellness Resources
- Arizona Health Matters
- Arizona Smokers Help (ASH) Line
- DBHS Quarterly Health Initiative
- USPRA Annual Conference: Maximizing your Understanding of Mental Health and Wellness
Newsroom
If you have any questions about your services, please call Magellan at (800) 564-5465, TTY (800) 424-9831. If you are in crisis, call the Maricopa Crisis Line at (800) 631-1314, TTY (800) 327-9254. For emergencies, please always dial 911.
This page last updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2012.