Regence BCBS Medical Policy Updates – June 2018

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June 2018 Medical Policy Updates:

• Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) for Head and Neck Cancers and Thyroid Cancer
• Implantable Bone Conduction and Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids
• Genetic Testing for CADASIL Syndrome
• Chromosomal Microarray Analysis (CMA) for the Genetic Evaluation of Patients with Developmental Delay/Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder, or Congenital Anomalies
• Evaluating the Utility of Genetic Panels
• Urinary Tumor Markers for Bladder Cancer
• Percutaneous Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, Sacroplasty, and Coccygeoplasty
• Implantable Bone Conduction and Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids

Added 6/29/2018;

• Genetic Table of Contents
• Laboratory Table of Contents
• Medicine Table of Contents
• Percutaneous Angioplasty and Stenting of Veins
• Surgery Table of Contents
• The Regence Group Clinical Position Statements
• Transplant Table of Contents
• Analysis of Proteomic and Metabolomic Patterns for Early Detection of Cancer
• Cardiac Hemodynamic Monitoring for the Management of Heart Failure in the Outpatient Setting
• Chromosomal Microarray (CMA) Testing for the Evaluation of Products of Conception and Pregnancy Loss
• Chromosomal Microarray Analysis (CMA) for the Genetic Evaluation of Patients with Developmental Delay/Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder, or Congenital Anomalies
• Cochlear Implant
• Deep Brain Stimulation
• Evaluating the Utility of Genetic Panels
• Extracranial Carotid Angioplasty/Stenting
• Gene Expression Profiling for Melanoma
• Gene-Based Tests for Screening, Detection, and/or Management of Prostate Cancer
• Genetic and Molecular Diagnostic Testing
• Genetic Testing for CADASIL Syndrome
• Genetic Testing for Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy
• Genetic Testing for Lipoprotein(a) Variant(s) as a Decision Aid for Aspirin Treatment
• Genetic Testing for PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome
• Heart/Lung Transplant
• Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Autoimmune Diseases
• Implantable Bone Conduction and Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids
• Implantable Bone Conduction and Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids
• Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) for Head and Neck  Cancers and Thyroid Cancer
• Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) for Head and Neck Cancers and Thyroid Cancer
• Invasive Prenatal Fetal Diagnostic Testing Using Chromosomal Microarray Analysis (CMA)
• Lung and Lobar Lung Transplant
• Measurement of Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 (Lp- PLA2) in the Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk
• Molecular Markers in Fine Needle Aspirates of the Thyroid
• Ovarian, Internal Iliac, and Gonadal Vein Embolization, Ablation, and Sclerotherap
• PathFinderTG® Molecular Testing
• Percutaneous Axial Lumbosacral Interbody Fusion (LIF)
• Percutaneous Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, Sacroplasty, and Coccygeoplasty
• Peripheral Subcutaneous Field Stimulation
• Plugs for Enteric and Anorectal Fistula Repair
• Protein Biomarkers for Screening, Detection, and/or Management of Prostate Cancer
• Quantitative Sensory Testing
• Sequencing-based Tests to Determine Fetal Aneuploidies and  Microdeletions from Maternal Plasma DNA
• Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography (SAECG)
• Small Bowel/Liver and Multivisceral Transplant
• Surface Electromyography (SEMG) Including Paraspinal SEMG
• Urinary Tumor Markers for Bladder Cancer

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