Cigna Medical & Pharmacy Policy Updates – August 2018

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August 2018 Cigna Medical & Pharmacy Policy Policy Updates:

• Anesthesia and Facility Services for Dental Treatment
• Apomorphine
• Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment: Emerging Laboratory Evaluations
• Axial/Spinal Decompression Therapy/Mechanical Traction (Provided in a Clinic Setting)
• Cholic Acid
• Cigna | CareAllies | Payer Solutions Guidelines | eviCore
• Collagenase clostridium histolyticum
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) Devices
• Corneal Remodeling
• Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) Modulators
• Dalfampridine
• Delafloxacin
• Deutetrabenazine
• Drugs / Biologics Not Covered Unless Approved Under Medical Necessity Review
• Drugs / Biologics Not Covered Unless Approved Under Medical Necessity Review
• Eculizumab
• Epinephrine
• Flibanserin
• Hepatitis C Therapy
• Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) Therapy
• Hydroxyprogesterone caproate injection
• Infertility Injectables
• Inpatient Admission for Radiation Therapy
• Insulin glargine
• Interferon Gamma-1b
• Isavuconazonium
• Ivabradine
• Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy
• Lesinurad
• Lower Limb Orthoses and Shoes
• Mechanical Devices for the Treatment of Back Pain
• Mifepristone
• Miltefosine
• Naloxone
• Neuropsychological Testing
• Norton Secured Seal
• Oncology Medications
• Oxymetholone
• Palivizumab
• Pegfilgrastim
• Preoperative Inpatient Admissions
• Progesterone
• Prophylactic Mastectomy
• Pyrimethamine
• Quantity Limitations
• Reduction Mammoplasty
• Rilonacept
• Rituximab for Non-Oncology Indications
• Sacubitril/valsartan
• Sapropterin
• Serological Testing for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Shoulder Surgery – Arthroscopic and Open Procedures
• Stem-Cell Transplantation for Neuroblastoma
• Tasimelteon
• Transthoracic Echocardiography in Adults
• Transthoracic Echocardiography in Children
• Valbenazine
• Vision Therapy/Orthoptics

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