Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Washington (GHC) Medical Policy Updates – October 2018

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 October 2018 Medical Policy Updates:

• Actigraphy Testing for the Evaluation of Sleep Disorders
• Blepharoplasty
• Bone Anchored Hearing System (BAHA)
• Breast MRI with and without Computer-Aided Detection (CAD)
• Capsule Endoscopy
• Clinical Review Criteria | Kaiser Permanente Washington
• Continuous 24-hour monitoring of Intraocular Pressure
• Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
• Electrical Stimulation Devices
• EOS imaging system in children and adolescents with scoliosis
• Epidural Lysis of Adhesions for Chronic Low-Back Pain
• Expiratory Muscle Training Therapy (EMST150) for Patients with Dysphagia due to Neurologic Diseases or Disorders
• Facet Neurotomy
• Fecal DNA Testing
• Frequent Dialysis – Greater Than 3 Days a We
• Gender Reassignment Surgery
• Genetic Screening and Testing
• Home Care Services Criteria
• InFUSETM Bone Graft
• Insulin Pump
• Intrasomal Corneal Ring Segments (INTACS Inserts)
• Laparoscopic Uterine Nerve Ablation (LUNA) for Dysmenorrhea
• MicroInvasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS)
• Microvolt T-Wave Alternans
• MRI- Ultrasound fusion for guidance of targeted prostate biopsy
• Myoelectric Upper Limb Prosthesis
• Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
• Neutron Beam Radiotherapy
• Occipital Nerve Stimulation (ONS) for Primary Headache
• Perfusion Computed Tomography (PCT) in Patients with Acute Stroke
• Platelet Rich Plasma
• Pneumatic Compression Devices
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan
• Pressure Reducing Support Surfaces
• Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for Treatment-Resistant Depression
• Sex-Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG)
• Spinal Fusion
• Stem Cell Transplant/Bone Marrow Transplant
• Transition of Care
• Treatments for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Wound Care Treatments

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