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For Commercial:

Carelon Post-Acute Care | PAC-IM Program

Carelon Medical Benefits Management is excited to announce the partnership with Anthem for management of in-patient post-acute care services for most Commercial members in the states of CO, IN, KY, MO, OH, GA, NV, VA & WI. Please find important current announcements, documents and forms listed below:

Current announcements

CT, ME & NH  | Commercial delegation information – 8/1/24

Carelon will begin managing in-patient post-acute care services for most commercial members in the states of CT, ME & NH on 8/1/24. Delegated services will include utilization management.

A copy of the provider notice can be found here.

For access to the provider orientation, click here.

If you do not have the access code for the PAC-IM Provider Orientation, please contact Carelon MBM Provider Relations here.

CO, GA, NV & VA | Commercial delegation information

Carelon started managing in-patient post-acute care services for most commercial members in the states of CO, GA & NV on 10/1/23 and in the state of Virginia on 10/16/23. Delegated services include Utilization Management.

IN, KY, MO, OH & WI | Commercial delegation information

Carelon started managing in-patient post-acute care services for most commercial members in the states of IN, KY, MO, OH & WI on 9/1/23. Delegated services include Utilization Management.

Provider information form:
PAC-IM Facilities (SNF, IRF, LTACH only): Please ensure you are registering for the portal under the “Post-Acute Facility” option. If your facility information is not available in the Carelon portal, please complete the “Provider information form” found online here.

Carelon provider portal: Carelon encourages providers to utilize the online provider portal to submit authorization requests.

Access to clinical guidelines:
Please visit our MBM clinical appropriateness guidelines and pathways page to access our current post-acute guidelines for the PAC-IM Commercial delegation, which are listed by facility type:

Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF)
Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH)
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)

Email us with questions related to this delegation

For Medicare:

Carelon Post-Acute Care | PAC-IM Program

Carelon Medical Benefits Management is proud to announce its partnership with Anthem, Inc. to provide utilization management for in-patient post-acute services in the states of CA, CO, CT, GA, KY, IN, ME, MO, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, TN, TX, VA, WA, and WI. Please find important announcements, documents, and forms listed below.

Current announcements

Provider information form

PAC-IM Facilities (SNF, IRF, LTACH only): Please ensure you are registering for the portal under the “Post-Acute Facility” option. If your facility information is not available in the Carelon portal, please complete the “Provider information form” found online here.

Authorization program materials

In-scope plans:
In-scope plan list: The list of in-scope plans

Fax confirmation form: Online form providers use to confirm their fax numbers for authorization requests.

Authorization requests

Carelon provider portal: Carelon encourages providers to utilize the online provider portal to submit authorization requests.

Fax request forms

Initial and continued stay request fax forms can be found below by setting type:

Fax forms for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF):
SNF initial request fax form
SNF continued stay request form

Fax forms for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF):
IRF initial request fax form
IRF continued stay request form

Fax forms for Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals (LTACH):
LTACH initial request fax form
LTACH continued stay request form

Contact us

Carelon utilizes CMS National and Local Coverage Determinations (NCD and LCD’s) when applicable, or Anthem medical policies and clinical Utilization Management guidelines to facilitate the appropriate evaluation of medical necessity by including assessment of the member throughout the continuum of care. A synopsis of the criteria is available to Providers and Members on request and free of charge by calling Carelon at 844-411-9622 or by email.

Please contact the Carelon provider network team with any questions by email or:

Phone: 844-411-9622
Fax: 833-311-2986

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