BCBS North Dakota Medical Policy Updates – September 2022

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September 2022 BCBS North Dakota Medical Policy Updates:

• Agalsidase beta (Fabrazyme) (Medicaid Expansion)_id_294c854b0c9bc04c184059dbe3afd1cb35b2c54d25302a7c9af39434013a.html
• Alemtuzumab (Lemtrada)
• Artificial Hearts and Ventricular Assist Devices
• Autonomic Nervous System Function Testing
• Belatacept (Nulojix)
• Betibeglogene autotemcel (Zynteglo).html
• Bevacizumab (Avastin) and Bevacizumab Biosimilars
• Blinatumomab (Blincyto)
• Capsaicin patch (Qutenza) (Medicaid Expansion).html
• Capsaicin patch (Qutenza).html
• Cardiac Ablation Procedures
• Cardiac Monitors
• Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs Phase II Outpatient_id_dd148d9cc0acd4b063d1b1b8128b7a88fd057e3d987404265a4b87e47d8e.html
• Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs, Phase II Outpatient
• Casimersen (Amondys-45)
• Cognitive Rehabilitation
• Contraceptive Management
• Coronary Revascularization
• Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation and Auricular Electrostimulation
• Eculizumab (Soliris)
• Eculizumab (Soliris) and Ravulizumab (Ultomiris) (Medicaid Expansion)_id_2a3c358f4d1ebe2ade127f0a194092faa98f75edc6a122de7e4cb1cf59a0.html
• Efgartigimod (Vyvgart) (Medicaid Expansion).html
• Electrical Nerve Stimulation
• Electroencephalogram (EEG) Technologies
• Esophageal pH Monitoring
• External Counterpulsation (ECP)
• Gender Affirmation Surgery
• Gonadotropin Releasing Hormones (GnRHs) Analogs
• Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factors
• Heart Transplantation Adult and Pediatric
• Human Growth Hormone
• Immune Globulin Therapy
• Inclisiran (Leqvio) (Medicaid Expansion).html
• Infliximab
• Intracellular Micronutrient Testing Panel
• Lower Limb Prostheses
• Magnetoencephalograpy
• Melphalan Flufenamide (Pepaxto)_id_9eb7d70b93cf9efe54666285f067610fc8ee36951451879bd2b3bb9eef8c.html
• Myoelectric Prosthetic Components for the Upper Limb
• Oncologic Indications for Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors
• OralCDx Brush Biopsy
• Pharmacologic Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
• Pheresis Therapy
• Plasminogen, human-tvmh (Ryplazim) (Medicaid Expansion).html
• Polysomnography (PSG) for Non-Respiratory Sleep Disorders
• Portable External Infusion Pump
• Powered Exoskeletal Robotic Systems
• Programmed Death Receptor (PD-1) Programmed Death-Ligand (PD-L1) Blocking Antibodies
• Speech Therapy
• Sutimlimab-jome (Enjaymo) (Medicaid Expansion).html
• Sutimlimab-jome (Enjaymo)_id_fb5a0b0ad464513dd4fd7ce22ab25234e57b858633a1bc38c8270618203e.html
• Tebentafusp-tebn (Kimmtrak)_id_5ba0410ca97cd9ebf7767170bd8939f0d80159bc37587bf2a34b12f1f11b.html
• Telehome Telemonitoring for Congestive Heart Failure and_or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Tezepelumab-ekko (Tezspire) (Medicaid Expansion).html
• Transcatheter Closure Devices for Septal Defects
• Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation
• Transesophageal Endoscopic Therapies for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
• Treatment of Gaucher Disease
• Treatment of Hereditary Amyloidosis
• Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillator
• Wireless Capsule Endoscopy as a Diagnostic Technique in Disorders of the Small Bowel, Esophagus, and Colon
• Ziv-aflibercept (Zaltrap)

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