REMINDER AND CHANGE: Starting Nov. 1, submit authorization requests for outpatient ECT and TMS services via e-referral but no forms are required

As a reminder, effective Nov. 1, 2016, BCN behavioral health providers must submit authorization requests for outpatient electroconvulsive therapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation services via the e-referral system. You'll also need to complete a questionnaire that displays while you're in the authorization request. The questionnaire will be pertinent to the service you're requesting.

We previously reported that you would also be required to complete a form and attach it to the case in the e-referral system, but the form will actually not be required. Please disregard any instructions to complete a form for these services that we included in our earlier messages and in the article in the November-December 2016 issue of BCN Provider News that was just recently published online. The only requirement is that you complete the questionnaire that displays in the e-referral system.

Posted: OCtober 2016
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