BCBS North Carolina Medical Policy Updates – May 2018

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May 2018 Medical Policy Updates:

• Allergy Testing
• Allogeneic Hematopoietic Transplant for Genetic Diseases and Acquired Anemia
• Ambulatory Event Monitors
• Analysis of MGMT Promoter Methylation in Malignant Gliomas
• Assays of Genetic Expression to Determine Prognosis of Breast Cancer
• Baroreflex Stimulation Devices
• BRAF Gene Mutation Testing to Select Melanoma or Glioma Patients for Targeted Therapy
• Brentuximab Vedotin (Adcetris^®)
• Circulating Tumor DNA for Cancer Management (Liquid Biopsy)
• Denosumab (Prolia^TM, XGEVA^TM)
• Drug Testing in Pain Management and Substance Abuse Treatment
• Eculizumab (Soliris^®)
• Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP)
• Eribulin Mesylate (Halaven^®)
• External Defibrillators
• Gene Expression Testing in the Evaluation of Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease
• Genetic Cancer Susceptibility Panels Using Next Generation Sequencing
• Genetic Testing for Cardiac Ion Channelopathies
• Golimumab (Simponi Aria)
• Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia
• Immunoglobulin Therapy
• In Vitro Chemoresistance and Chemosensitivity Assays
• Infliximab, Infliximab-dyyb, Infliximab-abda
• Infusion Therapy in the Home
• Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrition
• Laboratory Tests for Heart Transplant Rejection
• Lipid Apheresis
• Monoclonal Antibodies for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Acute Myeloid Leukemia In the Non-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Setting
• Monoclonal Antibody Imaging for Prostate Cancer
• Multigene Expression Assay for Predicting Recurrence in Colon Cancer
• Proteomic Testing for Targeted Therapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Radiofrequency Ablation of the Renal Nerves as a Treatment of Hypertension
• Renal (Kidney) Transplantation
• Serum Biomarker Human Epididymis Protein 4 (HE4)
• ST2 Assay for Chronic Heart Failure
• Surgical Management of Transcatheter Heart Valves
• Synthetic Cartilage Implants for Joint Pain

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