BCBS Arizona Medical Policy Updates –  June 2018

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 June 2018 Medical Policy Updates:

• Angioplasty And Endovascular Stent Placement
• Artificial Intervertebral Disc Of The Cervical Spine
• Automatic External Defibrillator And Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator
• Baroreflex Stimulation Devices
• Biventricular Pacemaker (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy) For The Treatment Of Heart Failure
• Cardiac Hemodynamic Monitoring For The Management Of Heart Failure In The Outpatient Setting
• Catheter Ablation As Treatment For Atrial Fibrillation
• Cell Therapy For The Treatment Of Damaged Myocardium
• Cell Transplantation For Solid Tumors Of Childhood
• Complications Of Pregnancy For Plans Without Maternity Benefit
• Continuous Or Intermittent Glucose Monitoring In Interstitial Fluid
• Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography With Selective Noninvasive Fractional Flow Reserve
• Decisiondx Biomarker Tests
• Drug-Eluting Punctum Plugs And Ocular Inserts
• Elaprase® (Idursulfase)
• Endovascular Stent Grafts For Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
• Endovascular Stent Grafts For Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
• Endovascular Stent Grafts For Disorders Of The Thoracic Aorta
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (Ecmo) For Adult Respiratory Failure
• Fabrazyme® (Agalsidase Beta)
• Gene Expression Profiling For Cutaneous Melanoma
• Gene Expression Testing Of Mgmt Promoter Methylation In Malignant Gliomas
• Genetic Testing For Inherited Thrombophilia
• Genetic Testing For Kif6 Genotyping For Predicting Cardiovascular Risk And/Or Effectiveness Of Statin Therapy
• Genetic Testing For Lactase Insufficiency
• Genetic Testing For Rett Syndrome
• Genetic Testing With Genetic Panels
• Genetic Testing With Molecular Panel Testing Of Cancers To Identify Targeted Therapies
• Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
• Lumizyme® (Alglucosidase Alfa)
• Magnetic Resonance (Mr) Neurography
• Magnetocardiography
• Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry (Mcot)
• Molecular Testing In The Management Of Pulmonary Nodules
• Noninvasive Fetal Rhd Genotyping Using Cell-Free Fetal Dna
• Nucala ®(Mepolizumab)
• Open And Thoracoscopic Approaches To Treat Atrial Fibrillation And Atrial Flutter (Maze And Related Procedures)
• Parenteral And Enteral Nutrition
• Pharmacogenetic Testing For Pain Management
• Prolia® (Denosumab)
• Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks
• St2 Assay For Chronic Heart Failure
• Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair
• Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation (Tpvi)
• Ultrafiltration In Decompensated Heart Failure

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