Intensive Behavioral Health Services
Providers should consult the following Memorandum and COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Suspended Regulations List.
Providers are encouraged to check the Department of Human Services’ IBHS website for up-to-date information, including but not limited to:
- IBHS Regulations Annex A and Preamble
- IBHS FAQ
- Program Standards & Requirements, Appendix S (Medical Necessity Guidelines)
Community Care is providing the following videos and companion slide decks about IBHS:
- Community Care IBHS Procedures and Authorization Process (updated 4/14/2023)
- IBHS Network, Claims and Contracting
- Making Recommendations for IBHS For PCPs, PAs, CRNPs and Prescribers in All BH Levels of Care: Slide Deck and Recording (4/15/2022)
- Planning for Crisis, Safety and Transition in IBHS Slide Deck and Recording
- IBHS Informational Session for Schools: Slide Deck and Recording (8/4/21)
Community Care has released the following IBHS Provider Alerts:
- PA03 (3/2/21): Process for Recommending IBHS and other services
- PA29 (10/15/20): CSBBH Request Process
- PA24 (7/31/20): Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) Medical Necessity Guidelines (MNG)
- PA17 (7/6/20): Process and Procedure for Requesting New Intensive Behavioral Health Service (IBHS) Authorizations and Transition of Authorizations from BHRS to IBHS (please note: the ePortal Getting Started Guides for practitioners and facilities have been consolidated into one resource here)
- PA02 (2/11/20): Intense Behavioral Health Services - Service Locations
- PA14 (12/27/19): Intensive Behavioral Health Services Updated Information/Guidelines
- PA11 (11/11/19): Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS)