Musculoskeletal Services

TurningPoint Healthcare Solutions LLC manages prior authorizations for:

  • Orthopedic procedures
  • Spinal procedures

This requirement applies to:

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan commercial fully insured groups, select self-funded groups and members with individual coverage*

    Note: This includes UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust non-Medicare members, for dates of service on or after May 31, 2021

  • Medicare Plus BlueSM members

Notes:

Resources

TurningPoint fax forms for prior authorization and postservice change requests

Training for the TurningPoint program

We offer provider training. To learn more, see our Training Tools page.

*To determine whether you need to submit prior authorization requests for Blue Cross commercial members, see the document titled Determining whether procedure codes require prior authorization for a member (PDF).

TurningPoint Healthcare Solutions LLC is an independent company that manages prior authorizations for musculoskeletal surgical and related procedures for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network.