BCBS Hawaii (HMSA) Medical Policy Updates – September 2018

September 2018 BCBS Hawaii Medical Policy Updates:

• Aimovig (erenumab-aooe)
• Anesthesia Services for Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures
• Anesthesia Services for Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures
• Bio-Engineered Skin and Soft Tissue Substitutes
• Bio-Engineered Skin and Soft Tissue Substitutes
• Brachytherapy, Noncoronary
• Brachytherapy, Noncoronary
• Catheter Ablation as Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation
• Catheter Ablation as Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation
• Charged-Particle (Proton or Helium Ion) Radiation Therapy
• Charged-Particle (Proton or Helium Ion) Radiotherapy for Neoplastic Conditions
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
• Compression Garments (Gradient) for the Extremities
• Compression Garments (Gradient) for the Extremities
• Compression Garments (Gradient) for the Extremities
• Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
• Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
• Coverage Codes for Affordable Care Act (ACA)
• Coverage Codes for Affordable Care Act (ACA)
• Drug Testing in Pain Management and Substance Abuse Treatment
• Drug Testing in Pain Management and Substance Abuse Treatment
• Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics and Orthotics
• Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics and Orthotics
• Endovascular Procedures for Intracranial Arterial Disease (Atherosclerosis and Aneurysms)
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Pressurization (HBO)
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Pressurization (HBO)
• Insulin Pumps – External
• Insulin Pumps – External
• Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
• Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
• Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty
• Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty
• Naturopathic Services
• Naturopathic Services
• News/Alerts Directory
• Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment
• Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment
• Palynziq (pegvaliase-pqpz)
• Post-acute and Residential Treatment Facility Stays
• Post-acute and Residential Treatment Facility Stays
• Post-acute, Residential Treatment Facility and Community Care Foster Family Home Care
• Post-acute, Residential Treatment Facility and Community Care Foster Family Home Care
• Pulse Oximeter for Children
• Pulse Oximeter for Children
• Readmissions and Transfers
• Readmissions and Transfers
• Real-Time Intra-Fraction Motion Management During Radiation Therapy
• Real-Time Intrafraction Motion Management DuringRadiotherapy
• Remicade (Infliximab)
• Specialty Drugs Requiring Precertification
• Speech Therapy Services
• Speech Therapy Services/ Rehabilitative
• Spinal Cord Stimulation
• Spinal Cord Stimulators for Pain Management
• Stelara (ustekinumab)
• Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) System
• Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) System
• Synagis (Palivizumab)
• Tilt Table Testing
• Tilt Table Testing
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Treatment of Depression and Other Psychiatric/Neurologic Disorders

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