Magellan Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGLN) today announced that Amie Goldman, president of TMG by Magellan Health, has been appointed by Wisconsin Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Linda Seemeyer to the state’s Long Term Care Advisory Council. TMG by Magellan Health currently supports approximately 13,000 individuals in Wisconsin through the state’s Include, Respect, I Self-Direct (IRIS) program, which serves adults with physical and developmental disabilities, and frail elders who are self-directing their long-term services.

“I’m honored to have been appointed by Secretary Seemeyer to this important advisory group,” said Goldman. “Wisconsin has long been a leader in self-directed and long-term care. Given the growing pressures on the long-term care service delivery system, it’s critical that the state and stakeholders continue to work together to effectively empower and support people using these services and to assure the quality and sustainability of the systems that serve them.”

Seemeyer’s charge to the group includes identifying quality metrics to analyze the long-term care system and service outcomes; developing strategies to address workforce shortages in the long-term care system; creating strategies to keep people safe and healthy in the community to prevent and delay the need for long-term care services and; communicating to all long term care stakeholders.

Goldman’s appointment runs from 2017 through December 31, 2019.

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.