Pharmacy Prior Authorization
Opioid treatment resources
AmeriHealth Caritas Pennsylvania continues to carefully review and update our requirements for opioid prescriptions. Our collaborative goal with you is to ensure that our members are receiving the correct treatment for their pain and that opioid utilization is managed and monitored appropriately. We will continue to provide you with the most up-to-date information and resources to attain that goal.
Opioid-related prior authorization request forms:
Pharmacy prior authorizations are required for pharmaceuticals that are not in the formulary, not normally covered, or which have been indicated as requiring prior authorization.
For more information on the pharmacy prior authorization process, call the Pharmacy Services department at 1-866-610-2774.
Important payment notice
Please note that reimbursement for all rendering network providers subject to the ordering/referring/prescribing (ORP) requirement for an approved authorization is determined by satisfying the mandatory requirement to have a valid Pennsylvania Medical Assistance (MA) Provider ID. Effective January 1, 2018, any claim submitted by rendering network providers that are subject to the ORP requirement will be denied when billed with the NPI of an ORP provider that is not enrolled in MA.
To check the MA enrollment status of the practitioner ordering, referring, or prescribing the service you are providing, visit the DHS provider look-up portal.
How to submit a request for pharmacy prior authorization
Online
Save time by submitting all your pharmacy prior authorization requests online. Get started at our online prior authorization request form or learn more in our tutorial.
By phone
Call the Pharmacy Services department at 1-866-610-2774. If it’s outside of normal business hours, you can also call Member Services at 1-888-991-7200.
By fax
You can fax your prior authorization request form (PDF) to 1-888-981-5202.
Prior authorization criteria
Many medicines have specific requirements and conditions that must be met to receive prior authorization. Save time by viewing a list of medications and their prior authorization criteria (PDF) before submitting your request.
Drug- and drug class-specific prior authorization request forms
- Opiate dependence agents request form (PDF)
- Opioid containing products (PDF)
- Oral antipsychotics request form (PDF)
Specialty and injectable request forms
Specialty drugs include unusually high-cost oral, inhaled, injectable, and infused pharmaceuticals prescribed for a relatively narrow spectrum of diseases and conditions.
To initiate a request for specialty or injectable drugs administered in a physician’s office, or for injectable medications dispensed through network specialty or retail pharmacies for patient self-administration, use one of the drug- or class-specific prior authorization request forms below.
- 17-P request form (PDF)
- Aranesp® request form (PDF)
- Botulinum toxins request form (PDF)
- Chemotherapy / Antiemetic drug replacement / request form (PDF)
- Epogen required documentation (PDF)
- Forteo® , Boniva® Injection, and Reclast® request form (PDF)
- Fuzeon® prior authorization procedure and required information form (PDF)
- Fuzeon® medication history form (PDF)
- Fuzeon® HIV RNA tracking form (PDF)
- Growth hormone request form (PDF)
- Hemophilia medication request form (PDF)
- Hepatitis C treatment request form (PDF)
- Hepatitis C prior authorization criteria (PDF)
- Hyaluronic acid derivatives request form (PDF)
- Infusible biological medications request form (PDF)
- Injectable drug replacement / request form (PDF)
- Ixempra physician request form (PDF)
- Juxtapid / Kynamro request form (PDF)
- Kuvan request form (PDF)
- Lemtrada request form (PDF)
- Long-acting injectable atypical antipsychotics request form (PDF)
- Lupron® replacement / request form (PDF)
- Oral oncology medications request form (PDF)
- Procrit® request form (PDF)
- Self-injectable biological for treating arthritis request form (PDF)
- Serostim® request form (PDF)
- Synagis® request form (PDF)
- Tasigna request form (PDF)
- Tysabri® (Natalizumab) request form (PDF)
- White blood cell stimulators request form (PDF)
- Xolair® request form (PDF)