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How our Behavioral Health Clinical Practice Guidelines support your patient care
Cigna·Psychiatry, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine +2 more·Medical Policy
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Jun 18, 2026
Summary
Evernorth Behavioral Health has updated their Clinical Practice Guidelines for behavioral health conditions, outlining how they develop evidence-based guidelines and process prior authorization requests. This is an informational update explaining their current processes rather than announcing specific policy changes.
Action Required
No immediate action required. Billing team should review the referenced Prior Authorization and Billing Resource Guide and Evernorth Medical Necessity Criteria for behavioral health services to ensure familiarity with current requirements. Consider bookmarking the Provider Newsroom for future updates.