BCBS North Carolina Medical Policy Updates – January 2019

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January 2019 Medical Policy Updates:

• Adaptive Behavioral Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Allergy Testing
• Ambulatory Event Monitors
• Antiemetic Injection Therapy
• Artificial Intervertebral Disc
• Assays of Genetic Expression to Determine Prognosis of Breast Cancer
• Cardiovascular Disease Risk Tests
• Carrier Screening for Genetic Disease
• CAR-T Therapy
• Corneal Collagen Cross-linking
• Enteral Nutrition
• Enzyme Replacement Therapy (ERT) for Lysosomal Storage Disorders
• Gene Expression Profiling for Uveal Melanoma
• General Approach to Genetic Testing
• Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer
• Genetic Testing for Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy
• Genetic Testing for Epilepsy
• Genetic Testing for FMR1 Mutations Including Fragile X Syndrome
• In Vitro Chemoresistance and Chemosensitivity Assays
• Infliximab, Infliximab-dyyb, Infliximab-abda
• Inotuzumab (Besponsa)
• Interleukin 5 Antagonists
• Intra Articular Hyaluronan Injections for Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee
• Medical Necessity
• Microwave Tumor Ablation
• Monoclonal Antibodies for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Acute Myeloid Leukemia In the Non-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Setting
• Myoelectric Prosthetic Components for the Upper Limb
• Nerve Fiber Density Testing
• PD-L1 Inhibitors
• Pharmacogenetic Testing for Drug Metabolism
• Rituximab for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Sleep Apnea: Diagnosis and Medical Management
• Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome
• Treatment of Hereditary Angioedema
• Vagus Nerve Stimulation
• Voretigene Neparvovec-rzyl (Luxturna)
• White Blood Cell Growth Factors

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