BCBS Minnesota Medical Policy Updates – May 2019

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May 2019 Medical Policy Updates:

• Amniotic Membrane and Amniotic Fluid
• Automated Point-of-Care Nerve Conduction Tests
• Balloon Ostial Dilation for Treatment of Chronic Rhinosinusitis
• Benralizumab
• Bezlotoxumab
• Chiropractic Services
• Endothelial Keratoplasty
• Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
• Gene Expression Testing to Predict Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
• Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma
• Hippotherapy
• Implantable Ambulatory Cardiac Event Monitors
• Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator
• Intravitreal Corticosteroid Implants
• Islet Transplantation
• Mepolizumab
• Metallothionein (MT) Protein Assessment and Treatment Protocols
• Microwave Ablation of Solid Tumors
• Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry
• Molecular Marker Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules
• Multigene Expression Assays for Predicting Risk of Recurrence in Colon Cancer
• Nusinersen
• Omalizumab
• Oscillatory Devices for the Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis and Other Respiratory Disorders in the Home
• Panniculectomy/Excision of Redundant Skin or Tissue
• Penile Prosthesis Implantation
• Proteomics-Based Testing Panels for the Evaluation of Ovarian (Adnexal) Masses
• Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing
• Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
• Reslizumab
• Sphenopalatine Ganglion Nerve Block
• Surgical Treatment of Femoroacetabular Impingement
• Surgical Treatments of Lymphedema
• Testing of Circulating Tumor Cells
• Trigger Point Injections
• Viscocanalostomy and Canaloplasty for the Treatment of Glaucoma
• Water Vapor Energy Ablation for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

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