Prior authorization

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prior authorization

TAR Processing Center — medical Treatment Authorization Request mailing addresses

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Phone

No phone listed for this route

Published hours

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Product, plan and location

medicaid
California

Mailing address

TAR Processing Center P.O. Box 13029 Sacramento, CA 95813-4029

Paper fee-for-service Medi-Cal Treatment Authorization Requests (TARs), including out-of-state providers.

Physical address

TAR Processing Center 820 Stillwater Road West Sacramento, CA 95605-1630

Alternate TAR Processing Center address listed in the provider manual.

Fee-for-service medical TARs (not Medi-Cal Rx drugs, not managed care plans). The manual section is dated September 2020; eTAR is the electronic alternative.

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eTAR attachment fax line

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Phone

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Fax

877-270-8779

Published hours

Not published in this record

Product, plan and location

medicaid
California

Mailing address

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Attachments for electronic TARs; a completed TAR 3 Attachment form must be the cover sheet. Not for new paper TARs or general correspondence.

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