Florida Medicaid Health Care Alert
February 18, 2022
Provider Type(s): ALL
Aetna Better Health of Florida, Inc. (Aetna) Transitioning Behavioral Health Services In-House in Regions 6, 7, & 11 Effective 3/1/2022
Effective March 1, 2022, Aetna will no longer contract with Beacon Health Strategies LLC d/b/a Beacon Health Options (Beacon) for the management of Aetna Medicaid members covered for behavioral Health services.
Effective March 1, 2022, Aetna will transition to an integrated medical and behavioral management model and will contract with Behavioral Services Network (BSN) for its behavioral health and substance abuse provider network. Aetna will handle all other behavioral health related services, such as clinical and operational functions, including care management, utilization management, and claims
Authorization Requests:
For behavioral health service requests for Medicaid members prior to March 1, 2022, Beacon will continue to process authorizations. Please continue to submit your authorization requests to Beacon.
Behavioral health service requests for Medicaid members on or after March 1, 2022 will need to be submitted to Aetna at http://aetnabetterhealth-florida.aetna.com, or you can contact Aetna’s Utilization Department at 1-800-441-5501.
Claims Submissions:
For behavioral health services rendered to Medicaid members prior to March 1, 2022, please continue to submit claims to Beacon:
Electronic Claims
Payer EDI: 43324
Paper Claims
Beacon Health Options, Inc.
Attn: Claims and Correspondence
PO Box 1870
Hicksville, NY 11802-1870
For behavioral health services rendered to Medicaid members on or after March 1, 2022, please submit claims directly to Aetna:
Electronic Claims
Payer EDI: 128FL
Real Time Payer ID: ABHFL
Paper Claims
Aetna Better Health of Florida
P.O. Box 982960
El Paso, TX 79998-2960
Continuity of Care:
Providers that are out of network as of March 1, 2022 will be eligible for a 60 day continuity of care period where claims will be payable to allow time for members to transition to a new provider, if necessary. The continuity of care period ends on April 30, 2022. All impacted members were notified by mail of this transition.
Becoming a Participating Provider with Aetna:
If you are interested in becoming a participating provider with Aetna for behavioral health, please go to www.bsnnet.com/index.php/join-us to complete the Request to Join form. If you have questions, you may email Aetna at [email protected] or speak to a provider relations specialist at 305-907-7470.
If you need further assistance, or want to access Aetna’s contracted behavioral health providers, please visit their website, www.aetnabetterhealth.com/florida, or contact Aetna Provider Services between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Friday at 1-844-645-7371 for LTC and 1-800-441-5501 for MMA, or by email at [email protected].
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