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.

[4] The company began as the psychiatric hospital chain Charter Medical, headquartered in Macon, Georgia.

In 1992, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, stemming from debt incurred as a result of the 1988 management-led takeover.

[10] Magellan sold its managed care division to Molina Healthcare in 2018.