For clinicians: refer to New Jersey's most experienced Spravato team.
If you have a patient whose depression hasn't responded to at least two antidepressants, we can take the Spravato part off your hands. We evaluate your patient, usually within one business day, handle the REMS requirements and the insurance approval, and keep you informed while you stay their clinician for everything else.
How do you refer a patient for Spravato?
You refer a patient for Spravato by calling (908) 450-7002 or sending our one-page referral form. Patients can also call us themselves; no referral is required.
- You referCall, or send the referral form with the antidepressant history if you have it.
- We evaluateUsually within one business day, by video. We confirm the TRD history and screen for contraindications.
- We get the approvalOur evaluations capture what insurers ask for, so 95% of requests are approved the first time; we take denials through peer-to-peer, second-level appeal and external review.
- We treat and report backYour patient is usually treating within days, and we keep you updated on progress.
Why refer your patients to us?
- Experience. More than 30,000 Spravato treatments, top ten nationally by volume.
- Speed. Most patients are evaluated within one business day and treated within days.
- Insurance persistence. 34 of 36 denials overturned in our most recent internal review.
- Four offices. Bridgewater, Morristown, Nutley and Hoboken, with evening and Saturday hours.
- Rides. We help NJ Medicaid patients set up covered transportation through ModivCare.
Which patients are good candidates?
Good candidates are adults with major depression that hasn't responded to at least two antidepressants at an adequate dose and duration, including patients with bipolar depression on a mood stabilizer, and adults with major depression and acute suicidal ideation, alongside an oral antidepressant. We screen for the label contraindications. Contraindications.
What can you hear back?
As much as you'd like. Some clinicians want confirmation of the evaluation and updates as treatment goes on; many simply send us the patient and hear how it's going from the patient. You keep prescribing their other medications and seeing them as usual, and we'll always call if something needs your attention. What you can hear back.
Certification is mostly paperwork; operations are the hard part.
If you're considering offering Spravato yourself, here's what it takes. How to become a Spravato provider.
A visit or two a week, monitored every time.
Twice weekly in month one, weekly in month two, then weekly or every other week, each with at least two hours of monitoring. What to expect.
30 doses
Every day.
Side effectsEvery single day: sedation, dry mouth, sexual side effects, weight gain.
8 visits
Twice a week.
4 visits
Down to once a week.
2–4 visits a month
Down to once a week or every other week. Dashed: weeks you may or may not need.
Side effectsMostly gone by the end of each visit.
Send us a patient today.
Call (908) 450-7002, or get our one-page referral form by email and fax it back.
Get our one-page referral form by email. Fill it in and fax it back; the fax number is on the form.
Check your inbox for a referral form!
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What clinicians ask us.
Do my patients need a referral to get Spravato?
No. Patients can contact us directly, but a referral with their medication history speeds up the insurance approval.
Can I keep prescribing my patient's other medications?
Yes. You remain their clinician for everything else, and we coordinate with you on Spravato.
How quickly can you see a referred patient?
Most patients are evaluated within one business day and start treatment within days.
Do you accept urgent referrals after a hospital stay?
Yes. Call and tell us it's urgent. Spravato for depression with suicidal thoughts.