Be aware of fall-winter holiday closures when faxing acute inpatient admission requests to BCN

Providers must fax the following acute inpatient admission requests to Blue Care Network:

Faxes are not accepted on holidays when BCN is closed. The upcoming holidays during which BCN is closed are:

Otherwise, faxes are accepted from midnight on Sunday through 4 p.m. on Friday. Faxes are not accepted on weekends.

The fax numbers to use are:

Except for the admission types outlined above, all other authorization requests for acute inpatient admissions must be submitted to BCN through the e-referral system.

Refer to the document Submitting acute inpatient admission requests to BCN for additional information.

Posted: September 2017
Line of business: Blue Care Network