CALOCUS-CASII Criteria

Evernorth uses the Level of Care Utilization System (CALOCUS-CASII) criteria to conduct mental health level of care medical necessity reviews for all commercial health plans in California, Colorado and New York for ages 6-18, unless federal or state law require the use of other specifically identified clinical criteria.

Customers

  • For Cigna Healthcare customer: To access the full guidelines and trainings copy and paste the following URL into your web browser: https://my.cigna.com/web/public/guest
    Then, log in to myCigna.com® with your username and password. If you do not have a myCigna account, you can easily register for one.
  • For Evernorth customers: To access the full guidelines and trainings copy and paste the following URL into your web browser https://well.evernorth.com/app/public/login
    Then, log in to well.evernorth.com with your username and password. If you do not have a well.evernorth.com account, you can easily register for one.

Behavioral Health Providers:

  • For Behavioral health providers: To access The CALOCUS-CASII Criteria (full guidelines and trainings) log into Provider.Evernorth.com. From the “Resources” drop-down, select Behavioral Health Resources > Doing Business with Evernorth > View Documents > CALOCUS-CASII Criteria. If you do not have access to the provider portal, you can register here.
Document Title Document Type Document Size Last Updated
CALOCUS-CASII Patient, Family, and Provider Guide PDF 193kB 08/26/2022