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Update to behavioral health authorization request fax numbers
January 21, 2025

We have added two fax numbers for your mental health and substance use disorder concurrent review or extension requests. By faxing your requests to these numbers, we will be able to more promptly respond.

Our updated fax numbers, listed below, are effective immediately.

Please notify any relevant office staff and billing agencies of this information and continue to submit all initial authorization requests through Authorization Manager.

For:

Fax:

New: Inpatient (acute psychiatric, detoxification and residential treatment requests)

1-888-376-0627

New: Intensive outpatient / partial hospitalization requests

1-888-376-0679

Behavioral Health and Substance Use requests, including:

  • Intensive Community Based Treatment (ICBT)
  • Family stabilization team
  • Ketamine and Spravato
  • Neuro / psychological testing
  • Outpatient pre-authorizations and treatment request forms
  • Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (RTMS)
  • Urine drug testing

1-888-641-5199 for all members except Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts employees

1-888-608-3693 for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts employees

Autism treatment services, including ABA requests

1-617-246-4281