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Geisinger Health Plan February 2018 Medical Policy Updates

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February 2018 Medical Policy Updates:

Whats New:

  • MP063 Acupuncture – REVISED – (clarified Exclusion Language)
  • MP064 Breast Reconstruction – REVISED – (clarified Exclusion Language)
  • MP077 Noninv Mech tx for Back Pain – REVISED – (clarified Exclusion Language)
  • MP168 Non-invasive Testing for Heart Transplant Rejection – REVISED – (clarified Exclusion Language)
  • MP190 X-stop Interspinous Process Decompression System – REVISED – (clarified Exclusion Language)
  • MP250 Bronchial Thermoplasty – REVISED – (clarified Exclusion Language)
  • MP251 Percutaneous Heart Valve Replacement – REVISED – (clarified Exclusion Language)
  • MP318 Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block for Headache – NEW

The following policies have been reviewed with no change to the policy section. Additional references or background information was added to support the current policy;

  • MP006 Nocturnal Enuresis Alarm
  • MP019 Laser Tx of Cutaneous Lesions
  • MP038 Oral Health
  • MP055 Mastectomy for Gynecomastia
  • MP060 Lung Volume Reduction
  • MP073 Deep Brain Stimulation
  • MP083 Contact Lenses
  • MP095 Craniosacral Therapy
  • MP099 Breast Implant Removal
  • MP108 Work Hardening/Conditioning
  • MP119 Therapeutic Listening
  • MP123 HDR Temp Brachytherapy
  • MP126 Massage Therapy
  • MP130 Automated Amb. BP
  • MP138 Lysis Epidural Adhesions
  • MP142 Anodyne Infrared Therapy
  • MP149 Pulsed Electrical Stimulation for Osteoarthritis
  • MP155 Cooling Devices
  • MP169 Retinal Prosthesis
  • MP186 Hip Resurfacing
  • MP191 Mindstreams Cognitive Health Assessment
  • MP205 Advanced Molecular Topographic Genotyping
  • MP210 Endometrial Ablation
  • MP224 Topical Oxygenation
  • MP225 Circulating Tumor Cell Testing
  • MP230 Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  • MP262 Microarray Based Gene Expression Testing for Cancer of Unknown Origin
  • MP276 Hearing Aids
  • MP312 Routine Care in Clinical Trials

 

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