BCBS North Carolina Medical Policy Updates – August 2018

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August 2018 Medical Policy Updates:

• Ambulatory Event Monitors
• Antiemetic Injection Therapy
• Corneal Collagen Cross-linking
• Electronic Brachytherapy for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
• Endothelial Keratoplasty
• Epiretinal Radiation Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• Eyelid Thermal Pulsation for the Treatment of Dry Eye Syndrome
• Fundus Photography
• Gene Expression Profiling for Uveal Melanoma
• Genetic Testing for Macular Degeneration
• Implantation of Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments
• In Vitro Chemoresistance and Chemosensitivity Assays
• Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) of Abdomen and Pelvis
• Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) of the Chest
• Intravitreal Implant
• Keratoprosthesis
• Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Anterior Segment of the Eye
• Refractive Surgery
• Retinal Prosthesis
• Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome
• Vedolizumab (Entyvio)
• Voretigene Neparvovec-rzyl (Luxturna)
• White Blood Cell Growth Factors

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