CareFirst BCBS Medical Policy Updates – June 2021

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June 2021 CareFirst BCBS Medical Policy Updates:

• Artificial Pancreas Device Systems
• Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Artificial Insemination (AI) Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)
• Biofeedback
• Computed Tomography as a Screening Test for Lung Cancer
• Electrocorticography
• Free-handed Transperineal Biopsy of the Prostate with a Transperineal Access System (PrecisionPointTM)
• Gas Permeable Scleral Contact Lens
• Gastric Electrical Stimulation
• Genetic Testing
• Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
• Pasteurized Donor Human Milk
• Phototherapy
• Pulsed Radiofrequency Therapy for Chronic Pain
• Radiofrequency Ablation of Uterine Fibroid Tumors (Leiomyomata)
• Recreational Activity as Physical Therapy
• Serum Antibody Marker Testing for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Transperineal Periprostatic Placement of Absorbable Perirectal spacer (SpaceOAR) for Prostate Cancer

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