Cigna behavioral health phone number for providers

Individualized, Integrated, and Innovative Behavioral Health Solutions

Cigna Medicare Advantage administers behavioral health benefit services, including claims processing, customer service, medical management, and utilization management. To enhance behavioral services for your patients with Cigna health plan coverage, Cigna and Evernorth Behavioral Health united under a common mission to improve behavioral health delivery. As a participating provider with Evernorth, you may also be contracted to provide services to patients with Cigna Medicare Advantage plans. Learn how Cigna and Evernorth are working together to improve behavioral health delivery for your patients.

Accessing Services:

• Behavioral Health Unit (Intake Line for Customers and Health Care Providers) 1 (866) 780-8546
• Routine hours are Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm CT. However, calls are answered 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by our after-hours service health care providers.
• Behavioral Health Fax: 1 (866) 949-4846
• Access and Availability Survey Standards for Behavioral Health Providers [PDF]

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Cigna Behavioral Health Forms

Find these Behavioral Health resources and more on our Health Care Provider Forms page:

• Depression Disease Management Program Referral Form – BH
• Inpatient Treatment Request Form – BH
• Inpatient Hospitalization Notice of Discharge – BH
• Outpatient Treatment Request Form – BH
• Psychological Testing Request Form – BH
• Electroconvulsive Therapy Initial Treatment Request Form – BH
• Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) Tool

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Health Risk Assessment (HRA)

We are glad to have you partner with us to provide better care to our customers. We want to help our customers stay as healthy as possible. Please have the customer answer the questions in the Health Risk Assessment.

If they have any problems completing the form, have them call a Health Risk Assessment Representative toll-free at 1 (800) 337-6769.  He/she will be glad to help and will answer any questions they may have.  TTY users should call 711.  Our hours are Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm CT.

When they have answered the questions, please mail or fax the completed form to us at:

Cigna
Attn: HRA Department
500 Great Circle Road
Nashville, TN  37228
HRA Fax Number: 1 (877) 440-9340

Substance Use Disorder Coaching Program

Our SUD coaching program is designed for both early intervention and long term use. This program offers:

• A dedicated behavioral health coach
• Ongoing one on one support
• Monitoring of medications or treatment
• Connections to community resources
• Substance Use education
• Support group information

Cigna patients can be referred by calling 1 (866) 780-8546. Customers will be called by a team member for screening and enrollment. Patients may self-refer, decline, or disenroll at any time.

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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT

The Behavioral Health Unit provides individualized and integrated behavioral health solutions to our customers through our Intake Team, Utilization Management Team, and Community Based Care Coordination (CBCC) Team.

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Intake Team

The Intake Team is comprised of Behavioral Health Intake Specialists who serve as the first point of contact for customers seeking information about behavioral health services and for health care providers calling for behavioral health authorizations.

What we do:

The Intake Team is responsible for assisting customers in finding behavioral health care providers and helping them understand the various types of services available. Our Intake Specialists serve as the first point of contact for facilities calling for authorization for inpatient behavioral health hospitalizations and for outpatient services such as psychological evaluations, medication management, and therapy. In addition, the Intake Team also follows up with recently hospitalized customers for a post-discharge assessment.

Utilization Management Team

Who we are:

The Utilization Management Team includes Registered Nurses and licensed behavioral health providers. Each Utilization Manager is required to have at least five years of behavioral health and/or utilization management experience. The Team also includes board-certified Psychiatrists.

What we do:

The Utilization Management Team administers Behavioral Health benefits by performing Precertification and Concurrent Reviews for inpatient hospitalizations. Additionally, this team works with hospital staff during a customer’s inpatient stay to ensure that appropriate discharge planning is occurring. The Utilization Management Team refers customers to CBCC services when barriers to success after discharge are identified or when a customer may otherwise benefit from participation in the CBCC program. While primarily responsible for managing inpatient utilization, this team also manages authorizations for Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP) and certain other outpatient services. The Team’s Medical Directors provide clinical direction to and consult with health care providers about customer’s services as needed.

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