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Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) Medical Policy Updates – July 2021
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July 2021 Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) Medical Policy Updates:
- Actigraphy
- Aducanumab-avwa
- Automated Point-of-Care Nerve Conduction Testing
- Balloon Ostial Dilation for Treatment of Chronic and Recurrent Acute Rhinosinusitis
- Biochemical Markers of Alzheimer Disease (AD)
- Bioengineered Skin and Soft Tissue Substitutes
- Biofeedback as a Treatment of Headache
- Biventricular Pacemakers (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy) for the Treatment of Heart Failure
- Burosumab-twza
- Cardiac Hemodynamic Monitoring for the Management of Heart Failure in the Outpatient Setting
- Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR)
- Chemical Peels
- Cochlear Implant
- Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) Device
- Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking
- Dermatologic Applications of Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
- Eculizumab
- Electrical and Electromagnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Arthritis
- Electrical Bone Growth Stimulation of the Appendicular Skeleton
- Endoscopic, Arthroscopic, Laparoscopic, Bronchoscopic and Thoracoscopic Surgery
- Endothelial Keratoplasty
- Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP)
- Gastric Electrical Stimulation (GES)
- Golodirsen
- Heart/Lung Transplant
- Heat and Cold Therapy Devices
- Intermittent Intravenous Insulin Therapy
- Intracranial Stenting or Angioplasty, including Endovascular Procedures
- Isolated Facet Joint Fusion
- Leadless Cardiac Pacemaker
- Levodopa-Carbidopa Enteral Suspension (e.g. Duopa) for The Treatment of Parkinson Disease.
- Lumbar Spinal Fusion
- Mental Health Services
- Nasal and Sinus Surgery
- Nerve Graft With Radical Prostatectomy
- Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression Traction Devices
- Off-Label Use of Drugs Without a Medical Policy
- Oncologic Uses of White Blood Cell Colony Stimulating Factors
- Optical Diagnostic Devices for Evaluating Skin Lesions Suspected of Malignancy
- Pegloticase
- Phrenic Nerve Stimulation for Central Sleep Apnea
- Powered Exoskeleton for Ambulation in Patients With Lower-Limb Disabilities
- Progesterone Therapy as a Technique to Reduce Preterm Delivery in High-Risk Pregnancies
- Quantitative Sensory Testing
- Recombinant and Autologous Platelet-Derived Growth Factors for Wound Healing and Other Non-Orthopedic Conditions
- Reduction Mammaplasty
- Retinal Prosthesis
- Small Bowel/Liver and Multivisceral Transplant
- Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block for Headaches or Facial Pain
- Surgery for Groin Pain in Athletes
- Thermography
- Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery
- Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation for Aortic Stenosis
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Treatment for Psychiatric/Neurologic Disorders
- Vedolizumab
- Vertebral Body Stapling and Vertebral Body Tethering for the Treatment of Scoliosis
- Viscocanalostomy and Canaloplasty
- Ziconotide
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