BCBS Kansas Medical Policy Updates – October 2018

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October 2018 BCBS Kansas Medical Policy Updates:

• Botulinum Toxin (BT)
• Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR)
• CTA and MRA of Head, Neck, Abdomen, Pelvis, Lower Extremities
• EMG, NCS and Other EDX Related Services
• Hepatitis C First Generation Agents
• Hepatitis C Second Generation Antivirals
• Influenza Virus Diagnostic Testing and Treatment in the Outpatient Setting
• Injectable Atopic Dermatitis Agent(s)
• Injectable Bulking Agents for the Treatment of Urinary and Fecal Incontinence
• Insomnia Agents
• Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)
• Monitored Anesthesia Care
• Multigene Expression Assay for Predicting Recurrence in Colon Cancer
• Noninvasive Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidies and Microdeletions Using Cell-Free Fetal DNA
• Ocaliva (obeticholic acid)
• Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
• Periureteral Bulking Agents as a Treatment of Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR)
• PET Scanning: Oncologic Applications
• Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation
• Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs)
• Soliris® (eculizumab)
• Statin Therapy
• Testing for Vitamin D Deficiency
• Total Artificial Hearts and Ventricular Assist Devices
• Xermelo (telotristat)

Added 10/31/2018;

• Automated POC Devices for Nerve Conduction Testing
• Biologic Immunomodulators Therapy
• Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR)
• Hereditary Angioedema
• New to Market Drugs
• PET Scanning in Oncology to Detect Early Response During Treatment
• PET Scanning: Cardiac Applications: Cardiac Applications
• PET Scanning: Miscellaneous (Non-cardiac, Non-Oncologic) Applications of FDG
• Total Artificial Hearts and Ventricular Assist Devices

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