BCBS Rhode Island Medical Policy Updates – October 2018

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October 2018 Medical Policy Updates:

• Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
• Amniotic Membrane and Amniotic Fluid
• Aqueous Shunts and Stents for Glaucoma
• Autologous Platelet Derived Growth Factors
• Automated Testing Devices
• Axial Lumbosacral Interbody Fusion
• Behavioral Health Services  Effective Jan 1 2019
• Blue CHiP for Medicare Laboratory Network Allowable Test Listing
• Chiroprctic Services
• Clinical Trials Mandate Commercial
• DRAFT Absorbable Nasal Implant for Treatment of Nasal Valve Collapse
• Drug Testing
• Dynamic Spinal Visualization and Vertebral Motion Analysis
• Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy
• Electronic Brachytherapy for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
• Emergency Room Reimbursement
• Esophageal pH monitoring
• Extracorporeal Shock Wave Treatment for Plantar Fasciitis and Other Musculoskeletal Conditions
• Gastric Electrical Stimulation – Insertion
• Genetic Testing for Diagnosis and Management of Mental Health Conditions
• Genetic Testing Services
• Glucose Monitoring – Home_October
• Home Births
• Homocysteine Testing in the Screening Diagnosis and Management of Cardiovascular Disease
• Immune Cell Function Assay
• Inactive Provider Termination
• Injectable Fillers
• Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy – Abdomen and Pelvis
• Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy – Head Neck or Thyroid
• Intesity-Modulated Radiotherapy – Central Nervous System
• Islet Cell Transplant
• Measurement of Cerebrospinal Fluid and Urinary Biomarkers of Alzheimer Disease
• Measurement of Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Exhaled Breath Condensate in the Diagnosis and Management of Respiratory Disorders
• October Proprietary Laboratory Analyses %28PLA%29
• Ophthalmology Examinations and Routine Eye Exams
• Osteochondral Autografts and Allografts in the Treatment of Focal Articular Cartilage Lesions
• Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Patient Controlled End of Range Motion Stretching Devices
• Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Percutaneous Neuromodulation Therapy
• Physician  Concierge  Services
• Preauthorization of Drug Final_12
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunoglobulin
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunoglobulin – PREAUTH
• Saturation Biopsy for Diagnosis Staging and Management of Prostate Cancer
• Serum Biomarker Human Epididymis Protein 4
• Serum_Tumor_Markers_for_Breast_and_Gastrointestinal_Malignancies
• Surgical Deactivation of Migraine Headache Trigger

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