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Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield July 2017 Medical Policy Updates

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July 2017 updated medical policies:

Revised Criteria for Trastuzumab (Herceptin)
Infliximab Criteria Revised to Include Infliximab-abda (Renflexis)
Revised Criteria for Agalsidase Beta (Fabrazyme)
Revised Criteria for Gemcitabine HCL, (Gemzar)
Coverage Criteria Changes for Paclitaxel, albumin-bound, Abraxane
Coverage Criteria Changes for Paclitaxel (Taxol)
Coverage Criteria Changes for Docetaxel (Taxotere)
Coverage Criteria Revised for Plerixafor (Mozobil)
Revised Criteria for Abatacept (Orencia)
Coverage Criteria for Ranibizumab (Lucentis) Revised
Coverage Criteria Changes for Panitumumab (Vectibix)
Coverage Criteria Revised for Fulvestrant (Faslodex)
Revised Criteria for Brentuximab Vedontin (Adcetris)
Coding Update for Galsulfase (Naglazyme)
Revised Criteria for Home Apnea Monitors
Criteria Revised for Laboratory Testing for Novel Influenza A (H1N1)
Revised Criteria for Cardiac Ablation Procedures
Criteria Updated for Acute Graft Versus Host Disease
Place of Service Revised and Facility Criteria Applied to Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation for HodgkinLymphoma
Coverage Criteria Revised and Facility Criteria Added for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the Breast
Coverage Criteria Revised for Docetaxel (Taxotere)
Infliximab (Remicade) Criteria Revised to Include Infliximab-abda (Renflexis)
Coverage Criteria Revised for Gemcitabine HCL, (Gemzar)
Coverage Criteria Changes for Paclitaxel (Taxol)
Coverage Criteria Revised for Paclitaxel, (Abraxane)
Coverage Criteria Revised for Plerixafor (Mozobil)
Coverage Criteria Revised for Trastuzumab (Herceptin)
Coverage Criteria for Ranibizumab (Lucentis) Revised
Coverage Criteria Changes for Panitumumab, (Vectibix)
Coverage Criteria Revised for Fulvestrant (Faslodex)
Coverage Criteria Revised for Decitabine (Dacogen)
Coverage Criteria Revised for Agalsidase Beta, (Fabrazyme)
Coverage Criteria Revised for Brentuximab Vedontin (Adcetris)

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