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UHC Colorado: Rocky Mountain Health Plan-BH prior auth updates

If you are a provider that accepts the following Rocky Mountain Health Plan types, then this blog post is for you:

  1. D-SNP: dual eligible special needs plan
  2. Child Health Plus
  3. Medicare Advantage
  4. Individual and Family plans
  5. Medicaid: RAE/PRIME

The following update will take affect for any DOS 7/1/25 and thereafter:

1.HCPCs – H2033, T2022- Multisystemic Therapy (MST), Enhanced MST: Requires pre-service notification, authorization necessary for services provided more than 90 days

2.H0036, T2022-Functional Family Therapy (FFT), Enhanced FFT: Requires pre-service notification, authorization necessary for services provided more than 90 days

3. G0137, H0015, Rev code 906- Substance use disorder intensive outpatient programming (SUD IOP): Requires pre-service notification, authorization necessary for services greater than 15 sessions

4. HCPCs code S9480, Rev code 905-Behavioral health intensive outpatient programming (BH IOP): Requires pre-service notification, authorization necessary for services greater than 15 sessions

5. Rev. code 0911-Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF): Requires prior authorization

6.H0019-Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF): Requires prior authorization

8. CPT codes: 6132, 96133, 96136, 96137, 96138, 96139, 96146, 96130, 96131-Neuropsychological and psychological testing (and related codes): Requires prior authorization

7. H0017- All services associated with H0017, including Acute Treatment Unit (ATU): Requires prior authorization

9. CPT codes- 96116, 96121- Neurobehavioral status exam: Requires prior authorization

To access the full list of codes, please click here: https://www.uhcprovider.com/en/prior-auth-advance-notification/adv-notification-plan-reqs.html and find the BH section


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My name is Kate Patskovska, CPB. I am an Independent Medical Biller CPB (AAPC), AAPV Approved Instructor; and an owner of KR2 Medical Billing. I create educational material including blogs, presentations that focus on topics of medical billing, medical coding and reimbursement in healthcare.

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