Highmark BCBS Medical Policy Updates – October 2018

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October 2018 Medical Policy Updates:

• Amniotic Membrane and Amniotic Fluid
• Cardiac Monitors
• Cervical Fusion with and without Discectomy
• Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy
• Cochlear Implantation
• Dermatologic Applications of Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
• Electrical Bone Growth Stimulation (Spine)
• Electrical Nerve Stimulation
• Electroconvulsive Therapy
• Epidural Adhesiolysis
• Epidural Steroid Injections
• Facet Joint Injections/Medial Branch Blocks
• High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation Devices
• Implantable Pulmonary Artery Pressure Measurement Device
• Intra-Arterial/Intravenous Therapeutic Procedures
• Intra-Articular Hyaluronan Injections for Osteoarthritis of the Knee
• Knee Arthroplasty Total and Partial
• Liver Transplantation
• Lumbar Decompression
• Membership Dues, Service Policy and Insurance Premiums
• Mental Illness Coverage
• Opioid Dependence Therapy
• Percutaneous Discectomy
• Pheresis Therapy
• Radiofrequency Ablation of Peripheral Nerves to Treat Chronic Knee Pain
• Sacroiliac Fusion Surgery and Axial-Lumbosacral Interbody Fusion
• Shoulder Arthroplasty (Total, Hemi, Reverse)/Arthrodesis
• Shoulder Surgery – Arthroscopic and Open Procedures
• Spinal Cord and Implantable Peripheral Nerve Stimulators
• Spine – Graft/Implant
• Talimogene Laherparepvec (Imlygic)
• Thermal Intradiscal Procedures
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
• Transesophageal Endoscopic Therapies for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
• Trigger Point Injections

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