Magellan Files Formal Protest and Lawsuit Regarding Contract Award in Maricopa County, Arizona

Magellan Health Services. MGLN announced today that it has filed a formal protest regarding the State's decision to award the Regional Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA) in GSA6 (Maricopa County) to another vendor. The RBHA contract is for the management of the publicly funded behavioral health system that delivers mental health, substance abuse and crisis services for approximately 720,000 eligible adults, youth, and children and includes an integrated behavioral and physical health care system for a small number of individuals with serious mental illness. Magellan's existing contract to manage behavioral health services began on September 1, 2007, and was previously extended through September 30, 2013. The decision to file a protest comes after the Company See full press release