HealthCare Partners utilizes a network of thousands of Preferred Specialist providers across its entire geography — from Staten Island to Montauk — who require NO Prior Authorization or Referral Number to see HealthCare Partners patients in the office setting.
Learn how to refer your patients to HCP Preferred Specialists and when/if Prior Authorization is needed for office-based services.

Effortlessly refer your HCP patients to any one of thousands of Specialty Care providers.

Use our Referral Process Tool to determine if a referral is required for the specialist you have chosen with your patient.
Process Overview

Referral to a Preferred Specialist is easy. No referrals or authorizations are needed for PCP-to-Preferred Specialist referrals, nor for Preferred Specialist-to-Preferred Specialist referrals.

Referring your patients to a Preferred Specialist physician is easy and requires no formal Referral or Authorization number.

In some cases, a prior authorization may be required. Find out here what requires an authorization and the steps needed to properly fill out and submit your request to HCP.