Authorization requests for outpatient ECT and TMS services must be submitted via e-referral starting Nov. 1, 2016

Effective Nov. 1, 2016, BCN behavioral providers must submit authorization requests for outpatient electroconvulsive therapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation services via the e-referral system.

While submitting the authorization request through e-referral, you'll be presented with a questionnaire pertinent to the service you're requesting. You'll need to answer the questions on the questionnaire.

You'll also need to complete a form and attach it to the authorization request in the e-referral system. You'll complete a form for one of the following:

• ECT – initial outpatient treatment
• ECT – continuation of outpatient care
• TMS – outpatient

All of these forms will be available on the Behavioral Health page of this website prior to Nov. 1.

Instructions for attaching information to an authorization request in the e-referral system are found in the BCN Behavioral Health e-referral User Guide.

Posted: September 2016
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