Blue Cross Idaho Medical Policy Updates – August 2018

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 August 2018 Blue Cross Idaho Medical Policy Updates:

• Acute and Maintenance Tocolysis
• Allogeneic Pancreas Transplant
• Ambulatory Event Monitors and Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry
• Aqueous Shunts and Stents for Glaucoma
• Biofeedback as a Treatment of Urinary Incontinence in Adults
• Biofeedback for Miscellaneous Indications
• Carrier Screening for Genetic Diseases
• Chromosomal Microarray Testing for the Evaluation of Pregnancy Loss
• Composite Tissue Allotransplantation of the Hand and Face
• Endometrial Ablation
• Experimental / Investigational Services
• Genetic Testing for Diagnosis and Management of Mental Health Conditions
• Genetic Testing of Mitochondrial Disorders
• Guidelines for Coverage of Mental and Behavioral Health Services
• Heart Transplant
• Heart/Lung Transplant
• Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia
• Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas
• Immune Prophylaxis for Respiratory Syncytial Virus
• Intracavitary Balloon Catheter Brain Brachytherapy for Malignant Gliomas or Metastasis to the Brain
• Invasive Prenatal (Fetal) Diagnostic Testing
• Invasive Prenatal (Fetal) Diagnostic Testing
• Islet Transplantation
• Isolated Small Bowel Transplant
• Kidney Transplant
• Laparoscopic and Percutaneous Techniques for the Myolysis of Uterine Fibroids
• Liver Transplant and Combined Liver-Kidney Transplant
• Lung and Lobar Lung Transplant
• Methadone Treatment for Opiate Addiction
• Preimplantation Genetic Testing
• Prostatic Urethral Lift
• Reproductive Techniques
• Serum Biomarker Panel Testing for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Other Connective Tissue Diseases
• Small Bowel/Liver and Multivisceral Transplant
• Total Artificial Hearts and Implantable Ventricular Assist Devices

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