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BCBS Kansas City Medical Policy Updates – March 2019
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March 2019 BCBS Kansas City Medical Policy Updates:
- Accelerated Breast Irradiation and Brachytherapy Boost
- Acthar (Repository Corticotropin Injection)
- Advanced Practice Nurses Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists
- Advanced Therapies for Pharmacologic Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Air Ambulance
- Alpha-1 Proteinase Inhibitors
- Amniotic Membrane and Amniotic Fluid
- Ampyra (dalfampridine)
- Arikayce (amikacin)
- Auditory Brainstem Implant
- Autografts and Allografts in the Treatment of Focal Articular Cartilage Lesions
- Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation for Focal Articular Cartilage Lesions
- Balloon Ostial Dilation for Treatment of Chronic Rhinosinusitis
- Besponsa (inotuzumab ozogamicin)
- Bio Engineered Skin and Soft Tissue Substitutes
- Bone Mineral Density Studies
- Botulinum Toxin
- Bronchial Thermoplasty
- Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) Receptor Antagonists
- Chelation Therapy for Off-Label Uses
- Chromosomal Microarray Testing for the Evaluation of Early Pregnancy Loss
- Chronic Intermittent Intravenous Insulin Therapy
- Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy
- Copiktra (duvelisib)
- Cytochrome P450 Genotyping
- Drug Testing in Pain Management and Substance Use Disorder Treatment
- Dry Needling of Myofascial Trigger Points
- Duzallo (lesinurad and allopurinol)
- Dynamic Spinal Visualization
- Emergency Care
- Epidiolex (cannabidiol)
- Expanded Molecular Panel Testing of Cancers to Identify Targeted Therapies
- Facet Arthroplasty
- Gene Therapy for Inherited Retinal Dystrophy
- Idhifa (enasidenib)
- Intra-articular Hyaluronan Injections for Osteoarthritis
- Iontophoresis and Phonophoresis as a Transdermal Technique for Drug Delivery
- Libtayo (cemiplimab-rwlc)
- Liver Transplant and combined Liver-Kidney Transplant
- Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
- Measurement of Exhaled Nitric Oxide
- Miscellaneous Genetic and Molecular Diagnostic Tests
- Moderate Penetrance Variants Associated With Breast Cancer in Individuals at High Breast Cancer Risk
- Molecular Analysis for Targeted Therapy of Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Molecular Markers in Fine Needle Aspirates of the Thyroid
- Mozobil (plerixafor)
- MRI Targeted Biopsy of the Prostate
- Nucala (mepolizumab)
- Orthoptic Training for the Treatment of Vision or Learning Disabilities
- Oscillatory Devices for the Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis and Other Respiratory Conditions
- Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Percutaneous Neuromodulation Therapy
- Peripheral Subcutaneous Field Stimulation
- Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Treatment of Esophageal Achalasia
- Powered Exoskeleton for Ambulation in Patients with Lower Limb Disabilities
- Radiofrequency Ablation of Miscellaneous Solid Tumors Excluding Liver Tumors
- Radioimmunoscintigraphy with Indium 111 Capromab Pendetide for Prostate Cancer
- Sabril, Vigadrone (vigabatrin)
- Sensory Integration Therapy and Auditory Integration Therapy
- Stelara (ustekinumab)
- Surgical Treatment of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
- Surgical Ventricular Restoration
- Synthetic Cartilage Implants for Joint Pain
- Talzenna (talazoparib)
- Tegsedi (inotersen)
- Tysabri (natalizumab)
- Vesicular Monoamine Transporter Type 2 (VMAT2) Inhibitors
- Vizimpro (dacomitinib)
- Vyxeos (daunorubicin and cytarabine)
- Xepi (ozenoxacin)
- Zurampic (lesinurad)
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