Aetna Medical Policy Updates – May 2021

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May 2021 Aetna Medical Policy Updates:

• Abatacept (Orencia)
• Abatacept (Orencia) [Medicare] – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Acupuncture
• AcuTect Scintigraphic Imaging for Detection of Lower Limb Deep Vein Thrombosis
• Adalimumab (Humira)
• Allograft Transplants of the Extremities
• Ambulatory Electroencephalography
• Anakinra (Kineret)
• Androgens and Anabolic Steroids
• Antibody Tests for Neurologic Diseases
• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Axicabtagene Ciloleucel (Yescarta) – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Bathroom and Toilet Equipment and Supplies – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH) Treatments
• Botulinum Toxin
• Botulinum Toxin [Medicare] – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Breast Biopsy Procedures
• Carbogen Inhalation Therapy
• Cardiovascular Disease Risk Tests
• Certolizumab Pegol (Cimzia)
• Cervical Traction Devices
• Chlamydia Trachomatis – Screening and Diagnosis – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Cholecystokinin Cholescintigraphy
• Computerized Motion Diagnostic Imaging – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Corneal Graft with Amniotic Membrane Transplantation or Limbal Stem Cell Transplantation
• Denosumab (Prolia and Xgeva)
• Denosumab (Prolia and Xgeva) [Medicare] – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Dorsal Column Stimulation
• Early Intervention Programs – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Electrical Stimulation for Pain
• Enbrel (Etanercept)
• Eteplirsen (Exondys 51)
• External Counterpulsation (ECP)
• Extracorporeal Immunoadsorption (Prosorba Column)
• Fetal Surgery In Utero
• Fluidized Therapy (Fluidotherapy) – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Gait Analysis and Electrodynogram
• Genetic Testing
• Golimumab (Simponi and Simponi Aria)
• Graves’ Ophthalmopathy Treatments
• Grid Monitoring and Intraoperative Electroencephalography
• HIV Drug Susceptibility and Resistance Tests
• Hyperthermia in Cancer Therapy
• Implantable Hormone Pellets
• Infliximab – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Infliximab [Medicare] – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Lung Cancer Screening – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Magnetic Source Imaging/Magnetoencephalography
• Myringotomy and Tympanostomy Tube
• Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction: Treatments
• Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
• Noninvasive Down Syndrome Screening
• Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
• Obsolete and Unreliable Tests and Procedures
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults
• Osteochondral Autografts (Mosaicplasty, OATS)
• Parenteral Immunoglobulins
• Parenteral Immunoglobulins [Medicare] – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Peripheral Atherectomy and Thrombectomy Devices
• Pharmacogenetic and Pharmacodynamic Testing
• Physical Therapy
• Pillows and Cushions – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Plasmapheresis/Plasma Exchange/Therapeutic Apheresis
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
• Pressure Reducing Support Surfaces – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Proton Beam and Neutron Beam Radiotherapy
• Ramucirumab (Cyramza)
• Rituximab (Rituxan)
• Rituximab [Medicare] – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Romiplostim (Nplate)
• Skilled Home Private Duty Nursing Care
• Speech Generating Devices – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Therapeutic Chairs – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Tocilizumab (Actemra)
• Tocilizumab (Actemra) [Medicare] – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Tofacitinib (Xeljanz)
• Total Hip Replacement
• Transcatheter Closure of Septal Defects
• Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPSS)
• Transperineal Placement of Biodegradeable Material (SpaceOAR) for Prostate Cancer – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Tumor Markers
• Vyxeos (Daunorubicin-Cytarabine) Liposome – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• YAG Laser in Ophthalmology and Other Selected Indications

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