Behavioral Health
Behavioral health toolkit (PDF)
Education and support for our network providers. Opens a new window
First Choice covers behavioral health services
First Choice℠ by Select Health of South Carolina covers inpatient, outpatient, and rehabilitative behavioral health services (RBHS) provided by medical professionals, licensed independent providers, state agencies, and school districts. If you provide these services, contact your Select Health behavioral health account executives (PDF) Opens a new window to review your contract for possible updates and appropriate credentialing requirements.
The array of covered behavioral health services consist of the following:
- Professional, inpatient, and outpatient facility charges.
- Services provided by:
- Licensed independent practitioners (LIPs).
- Physicians and nurse practitioners.
- School districts.
- Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs).
- Rural health centers (RHCs).
- School-based mental health services (July 1, 2022). Opens a new window
- Services rendered in a general acute care hospital setting.
- Services rendered in an acute inpatient psychiatric hospital.
- Rehabilitative behavioral health services (RBHS).
- Autism spectrum disorder services (ASD).
- Psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) services.
- Opioid treatment programs (OTP) services.
- Department of Mental Health (DMH).
- Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS).
For questions concerning authorizations, please call the Select Health Behavioral Health Utilization department at 1-866-341-8765.
Behavioral health services
- Outpatient behavioral health services
- Rehabilitative behavioral health services
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Psychiatric residential treatment facilities
- Acute inpatient psychiatric treatment facilities
- Opioid treatment programs (OTP)
- Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS)
Behavioral health resources
- Behavioral health quick reference guide (PDF) Opens a new window
- School-based Mental Health Services Quick start guide (PDF) Opens a new window
- Authorization for covered behavioral health services
- Submitting prior authorization requests for outpatient psychotherapy (PDF) Opens a new window
- Guidelines for evaluation of behavioral health medical records (PDF) Opens a new window
Behavioral health forms
- Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) treatment request checklist (PDF) Opens a new window
- Autism spectrum disorder treatment request form (PDF) Opens a new window
- Behavioral health discharge note (PDF) Opens a new window
- Behavioral health fax form (PDF) Opens a new window
- Behavioral health provider data form (PDF) Opens a new window
- Certification of need - psychiatric hospital services for children under 21 (PDF) Opens a new window
- Community support service (CSS) authorization checklist (PDF) Opens a new window
- Community support service (CSS) authorization request form (PDF) Opens a new window
- Crisis intervention notification request form (PDF) Opens a new window
- Psychological/neurological testing request form (PDF) Opens a new window
- Psychiatric residential treatment facility authorization request form (PDF) Opens a new window
- Substance abuse discharge note (PDF) Opens a new window