Benefits & Services

Behavioral Health Benefits

The following are some of the services provided by Magellan's network of credentialed providers through your Pennsylvania HealthChoices plan. Magellan and our providers use state-approved guidelines to determine the best services and levels of care for individuals that we serve.

Covered services:

• Inpatient psychiatric hospital services, except when provided in a state mental health hospital 
• Inpatient drug and alcohol detoxification
• Psychiatric partial hospitalization services
• Inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation
• Non-hospital residential detoxification, rehabilitation and halfway house services for drug and alcohol abuse or dependence
• Psychiatric outpatient clinic, licensed psychologist and psychiatrist services
• Behavioral health rehabilitation services (BHRS) for children and adolescents with psychiatric, substance abuse or mental retardation disorders
• Mental health residential treatment services for children and adolescents (accredited and non-accredited)
• Outpatient drug and alcohol services, including Methadone Maintenance Clinic, partial and intensive outpatient services
• Methadone when used to treat narcotic or opioid dependency and dispensed by an in-plan drug and alcohol services provider
• Clozapine support services
• Laboratory and diagnostic studies and procedures for the purpose of determining response to behavioral health medication and/or treatment ordered by a behavioral health services provider acting within the scope of their license
• Crisis intervention services (telephone and mobile with in-home capability)
• Family-based mental health services for children and adolescents
• Targeted mental health case management (intensive care management, resource coordination, blended case management)
• Mobile mental health treatment for adults
• Certified peer support services

The following additional services may also be available to you, depending on your county of residence.   

• Functional Family Therapy
• Multi-Systemic Therapy
• Community Treatment Team
• Assertive Community Treatment Team
• Mobilization, Assessment, Stabilization, Treatment Team (MAST)
• Supportive Community Outreach Team (SCOT)
• Drug and Alcohol Intensive Case Management
• Crisis Residential Services
• Adult Residential Treatment
• Psychiatric Rehabilitation including mobile, site-based, Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Clubhouse
• Suboxone Treatment for opioid dependence
• Mobile Engagement Services
• Tobacco Cessation Services