PROVIDER MANUAL - Sendero Health Plans
PROVIDER MANUAL - Sendero Health Plans
PROVIDER MANUAL - Sendero Health Plans
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<strong>Sendero</strong> Provider Manual Page 42 of 184<br />
24 Hour Behavioral <strong>Health</strong> Hotline (CHIP) 1-888-287-5403<br />
24 Hour Behavioral <strong>Health</strong> Hotline (STAR) 1-888-287-5402<br />
5.9 Concurrent Review<br />
<strong>Sendero</strong>’s RN Care Coordinators conduct concurrent review via telephone on all Members admitted to inpatient<br />
mental health hospitalizations, inpatient detoxification, chemical dependency rehabilitation, partial<br />
hospitalization and intensive outpatient treatment. Concurrent review includes review of medical necessity,<br />
discharge planning and researching, and coordinating alternatives to inpatient care. RN Care Coordinators use<br />
Milliman Care Guidelines and/or InterQual Criteria to help with all concurrent review determinations. A<br />
Medical Director is available to review difficult cases and reviews all potential denials or questionable cases.<br />
The purpose of the concurrent review function is to continue coordination of patient care with the treating<br />
facility or provider to determine the best course of treatment for the Member.<br />
5.10 Retrospective Review<br />
Retrospective reviews are conducted upon request to determine the medical necessity of treatment that was<br />
rendered without pre-authorization. <strong>Sendero</strong>’s RN Care Coordinators have the authority to approve all<br />
treatment that meets the Milliman/InterQual Criteria and to refer cases they are not able to authorize or<br />
questionable cases to the Medical Director for review.<br />
5.11 Case Management<br />
<strong>Sendero</strong>’s Whole Person <strong>Health</strong> Support (WPHS) program addresses a Member’s longitudinal course of care<br />
including continuity and coordination among practitioners and sites of care both within behavioral health and<br />
between behavioral health and physical health. WPHS includes helping Members to access behavioral health<br />
care within the most efficient time frame by the most appropriate practitioner or in the most appropriate<br />
treatment setting. This includes helping and encouraging Members to have seven (7) and thirty (30) day followup<br />
after an inpatient stay for behavioral health illness. It is necessary to promote efficient use of benefits to<br />
maximize Member and family access to necessary care. In addition, <strong>Sendero</strong> has implemented intensive case<br />
management for Members who have been identified as high risk due to diagnosis, multiple admissions, life<br />
threatening suicide attempts or who require additional services and have complicating factors that, without<br />
concentrated intervention coordinated by <strong>Sendero</strong>, would result in further deterioration in the severity of illness.<br />
To speak with a nurse about a Member or to make a referral for WPHS for a member, please call <strong>Sendero</strong>’s<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Service’s Department at 1-855-297-9191.<br />
<strong>Sendero</strong> Customer Services 1-855-526-7388 Network Management 1-855-895-0475<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Services Dept.: 1-855-297-9191 (FAX 1-512-275-2862)