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Fax completed prior authorization request form to 800-854-7614 or submit Electronic Prior Authorization
through CoverMyMeds® or SureScripts.
All requested data must be provided. Incomplete forms or forms without the chart notes will be returned
Pharmacy Coverage Guidelines are available at www.mercycareaz.org/providers/completecare-
forproviders/pharmacy
Botulinum Toxins
Pharmacy Prior Authorization Request Form
Do not copy for future use. Forms are updated frequently.
REQUIRED: Office notes, labs and medical testing relevant to request showing medical justifi
cation are required to support diagnosis
Member Name (first & last):
Prescribing Provider Information
Provider Name (first & last):
Dispensing Pharmacy Information
Requested Medication Information
please specify:
Medication request is NOT for an FDA approved, or compendia-
supported diagnosis (circle one): Yes No
What medication(s) have been tried and failed for diagnosis?
Are there any contraindications to formulary medications?
If yes, please specify:
Turn-Around Time for Review
Urgent – If waiting 24 hours for a standard decision could seriously harm life, health,
or ability to regain maximum function, you can ask for an expedited decision.
Signature:
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Will Botox be used for prevention of chronic migraine (at least 15
days per month with headaches lasting 4 hours a day or longer)?
Will requested medication be used
concurrently with CGRP antagonist?
There was inadequate response OR intolerable side effects to at least
THREE medications from TWO different classes of migraine
headache prophylaxis for at least THREE months (check that apply):
Beta-Blockers: propranolol, metoprolol, timolol, atenolol, nadolol
Anticonvulsant: valproic acid or divalproex, topiramate
Antidepressa
nts: amitriptyline, venlafaxine
ACE-Is / ARBs: lisinopril, candesartan, losartan, valsartan
Calcium Channel Blockers: diltiazem, nifedipine, nimodipine, verapamil
Was migraine headache frequency reduced by at
least 7 days per month by end of initial trial?
Was migraine headache duration reduced by at
least 100 hours per month by end of initial trial?
Is spasticity due to an injury to the brain or spinal cord, or along with a neurological disorder (for example, stroke, traumatic
brain injury, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy)?
Effective: 04/01/2020 C4395-A 12-2019
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