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BCBS Massachusetts Medical Policy Updates – April 2018

April 2018 Medical Policy Updates:

NEW MEDICAL POLICIES:

  • Balloon Dilation of the Eustachian Tube

REVISED MEDICAL POLICIES:

  • Amniotic Membrane and Amniotic Fluid
  • Anesthetics for the Treatment of Chronic Pain and Depression
  • Bioengineered Skin and Soft Tissue Substitutes
  • Magnetic Resonance‒Guided Focused Ultrasound
  • Surgical and Non-surgical Treatment of Gynecomastia
  • Treatment of Tinnitus

CLARIFICATIONS TO MEDICAL POLICIES:

  • Adoptive Immunotherapy including CAR T-Cell Therapy
  • Epidural Steroid Injections for Neck and Back Pain
  • Expanded Molecular Panel Testing of Cancers to Identify Targeted Therapies
  • Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in the Treatment of Germ Cell Tumors
  • Hip Resurfacing
  • Non-Invasive Vascular Studies – Duplex Scans
  • Preauthorization Request Form for Yescarta (axicabtagene cilleucel) Therapy
  • Temporomandibular Joint Disorder

RETIRED MEDICAL POLICIES:

  • Home Prothrombin Time Monitoring

 

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