Behavioral Health

CREDENTIALING 

PRIOR AUTHORIZATION 

Medicaid

Ambetter

View the Ambetter Behavioral Health forms.

MANUALS, FORMS & RESOURCES 

Manuals

Please refer to the Medicaid Provider Manual (PDF) for the most recent version of the manual. 

Forms 

Tip Sheets

Other

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NCCI Provider Notification (PDF)

QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE 

Behavioral Health Quick Reference Guide (PDF)

TRAINING & EDUCATION 

Behavioral Health Training

Peach State Health Plan offers trainings for both behavioral health and physical health providers in our network at no cost. Our team provides mostly clinical, provider-focused education on topics that are geared towards improving member outcomes. The majority of our clinical trainings also offer behavioral health continuing education units also at no cost to the attendee. Trainings are completed via live/virtual instructor led webinars.

How to sign up for trainings:

  1. View the lists of all upcoming trainings: (both are open to all providers)
  2. Select the training date and time that you would like to attend
  3. Enter the required information and click “Register”
  4. You will receive a confirmation email with a link and instructions for joining the webinar.
    NOTE: Please check your junk folder if you do not receive the confirmation email.
  5. When you join the webinar, the call-in telephone number and an attendee passcode will be displayed.

Training topics include but are not limited to:

  • ASAM Overview
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Behavioral Health Topics
    • Anxiety
    • Bi Polar
    • Depression
    • PTSD
    • Schizophrenia
  • BH Screening Tools
  • Co-Occurring Disorders
  • Cultural Competency/Cultural Humility
  • DSM-5
  • Eating Disorders
  • Effective Communication
  • Ethics
  • Integrated Care
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Physical Health 101
  • Psychotropic Medications
  • Poverty Competence
  • Recovery and Resiliency
  • SBIRT (Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment)
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Strength Based Treatment
  • Stages of Change
  • Suicide Risk
  • Substance Use Disorders Topics
    • SUD Overview
    • Alcohol
    • Caffeine
    • Cannabis
    • Hallucinogens
    • Inhalants
    • Opioids
    • Sedatives
    • Nicotine
  • Trauma Informed Care
  • Treatment Planning and Documentation

For training requests and/or more information, please contact our Clinical Provider Training Department at: BH_training@centene.com.

Relias Learning

We know that it can be a challenge for you and your staff to find time to attend trainings and educational opportunities.  We offer online clinical education through Relias Learning.  All Relias Learning courses are free of charge and available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. Many of the Relias Learning courses offer Continued Educational Credits (CEUs), and there is no limit to the number of online courses that Peach State Health Plan providers are permitted to take. For information and a complete course catalog, please log in or sign up for Relias Learning.

Relias Learning offers online learning, staff compliance training and continuing education for behavioral health, mental health, addiction treatment, community health, developmental disability, community action and child welfare organizations.

Child-Parent Psychotherapy Training Opportunity (PDF)

Pain Management and Opioids Flyer (PDF)

Behavioral Health HEDIS PowerPoint Microlearnings

Purpose: The purpose of the trainings are for medical and behavioral health providers to recognize the intent of the Behavioral Health HEDIS measures and share strategies to impact quality care and outcomes for our members'

Target Audience: Medical and Behavioral health Providers, including licensed and unlicensed health care professionals and office staff.

Duration: 8-10 mins each

  1. Antidepressant Medication Management and Antipsychotic Medication Adherence: Optimizing the AMM and SAA HEDIS® Measures
  2. Follow-Up Care After a Hospital or Emergency Department Visit for Mental Illness: Optimizing the FUH and FUM HEDIS® Measures
  3. Initiation and Engagement, Follow-Up After Emergency Department or High Intensity Care for Substance Use Disorders: Optimizing the IET, FUA, and FUI HEDIS® measures
  4. Strategies to Improve Cardiovascular, Diabetes, and Metabolic Monitoring: APM, SSD, SMC, and SMD HEDIS® Measures
  5. Optimizing the Impact of the ADD and APP HEDIS® Measures

ADHD Toolkit

Depression Toolkit

Substance Use Disorder Toolkit

Behavioral Health HEDIS Lab Toolkit

Behavioral Health Provider HEDIS Laboratory Toolkit (PDF)

Behavioral Health HEDIS Measures

2022 Behavioral Health HEDIS Measures - HEDIS Tip Sheet (PDF)

Behavioral Health 90837 - Outlier Management

90837 - Outier Management Presentation (PDF)

Provider Behavioral Health ECHO Training

How to access Provider ECHO training (PDF)

Standard Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF) Referral

Behavioral Health (PRTF) Initial Review Form (PDF)

Treatment Plan for Mental Health Diagnosis Training

Treatment Plan for Mental Health Diagnosis Training (PDF)

Provider Engagement Microlearnings:

Other

QUALITY RESOURCES 

Behavioral health providers can view the cultural competency resources in the QI section of the website.