Resolution Guide

Issue Solution
 If ...
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Member is invalid.  

Verify submitting the following:
• Express Scripts
• 12-number ID
• Group number (GMEA)
• Date of birth (Refer to the DOB on the card.)
• member's full name (first and last)
• Gender

Determine whether member has met his or her spenddown amount.
• If member has not met his or her spenddown amount, he or she is not eligible; refer to caseworker.
• If member has met his or her spenddown amount and is still rejected, send a UCF form with supporting documentation.

If claim is still rejected, refer member to ACS Customer Interaction Center at 404.298.1228 or toll-free, 800.766.4456.

Member has termed.

• Verify that member presented a current card.
• Determine whether member has other primary coverage.

If claim is still rejected, refer member to ACS Customer Interaction Center at 404.298.1228 or toll-free, 800.766.4456.

Prescriber is invalid.
Submit Georgia license number.
•If number is unavailable, please go to the Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners website.

Exceptions will be made for prescriptions written in Georgia for:

PDO300 = Podiatrists, Dentists, Optometrists

GHS300= Grady Health System Hospital, Clinics, Emergency Rooms

AOH300= All Other Hospitals, Clinics or Emergency Rooms

AOS300= All Out-of-State Providers

ANP300= All New Physician License Number (granted within the last 60 days)

Prior authorization is required. • Contact Express Scripts’ provider line toll-free at 877.650.9340
• After prior authorization number is obtained, resubmit claim online (no UCF required).
Refill is too soon.

• Determine whether member is obtaining a vacation supply. If so, it is not covered.
• Enter "99888" into the prior authorization field for lost, stolen, or mid-month dosage change. Override is allowed at a maximum of six times per calendar year per drug. Cannot be used for prior authorization overrides or therapy limits.

The prescription is high cost.

• If cost is between $0 and $2,999.99, submit online.
• If cost is between $3,000.00 and $9,999.99, call Express Scripts at 877.650.9340 for prior authorization, then submit online.
• If cost is more than $10,000.00, submit a UCF.

You need an automated override code.

Submit one of the following codes:
11111 (Nursing facility members exempt from copayment)
22222 (Pregnant women exempt from copayment)
99888 (Emergency prescription exempt from copayment)
55555 (Non-nursing home members to override monthly prescription limit)
66666 (Nursing home members to override monthly prescription limit)