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United Healthcare Medical Policy Updates – January 2019
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January 2019 Medical Policy Updates:
- Ablative Treatment for Spinal Pain
- Abnormal Uterine Bleeding and Uterine Fibroids
- Ambulance Services
- Attended Polysomnography for Evaluation of Sleep Disorders
- Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation In The Knee
- Balloon Sinus Ostial Dilation
- Bone or Soft Tissue Healing and Fusion Enhancement Products
- Botulinum Toxins A and
- Breast Imaging for Screening and Diagnosing Cancer
- Breast Repair/Reconstruction Not Following Mastectomy
- Brineura™ (Cerliponase Alfa)
- Cardiovascular Disease Risk Tests
- Carrier Testing for Genetic Dise
- Chemosensitivity and Chemoresistance Assays in Cancer
- Clotting Factors and Coagulant Blood Products
- Cochlear Implants
- Crysvita (Burosumab-Twza)
- Deep Brain and Cortical Stimulation
- Durable Medical Equipment, Orthotics, Ostomy Supplies, Medical Supplies and Repairs/Replacements
- Electric Tumor Treatment Field Therapy
- Electrical Stimulation for the Treatment of Pain and Muscle Rehabilitation
- Enzyme Replacement Therapy
- Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT)
- Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome
- Genetic Testing for Hereditary Cancer
- Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Analogs
- Habilitative Services and Outpatient Rehabilitation Therapy
- Habilitative Services for Essential Health Groups
- Hearing Aids and Devices Including Wearable, Bone-Anchored and Semi-Implantable
- Hepatitis Screening
- High Frequency Chest Wall Compression Devices
- Home Health Care
- Ilumya™ (Tildrakizumab-Asmn)
- Implantable Beta-Emitting Microspheres for Treatment of Malignant Tumors
- Infertility Diagnosis and Treatment
- Infertility Services
- Infliximab (Remicade®, Inflectra™, Renflexis™)
- Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy
- Intraoperative Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC)
- Intravenous Enzyme Replacement Therapy (ERT) for Gaucher Disease
- Luxturna™ (Voretigene Neparvovec-Rzyl)
- Macular Degeneration Treatment Procedures
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)
- Maximum Dosage Policy
- Mechanical Stretching Devices
- Meniscus Implant and Allograft
- Molecular Oncology Testing for Cancer Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment Decisions
- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
- Neurophysiologic Testing
- Neuropsychological Testing Under the Medical Benefit
- New Version of the Knowledge Library (KL) Released
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment
- Occipital Neuralgia and Headache Treatment
- Omnibus Codes
- Onpatrro (Patisiran)
- Osteochondral Grafting
- Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
- Preventive Care Services
- Private Duty Nursing Services (PDN)
- Proton Beam Radiation Therapy
- Radicava™ (Edaravone)
- Rehabilitation Services (Outpatient)
- Respiratory Interleukins (Cinqair®, Fasenra®, and Nucala )®
- Rituxan ®(Rituximab)
- Skilled Care and Custodial Care Services
- Skin and Soft Tissue Substitutes
- Sodium Hyaluronate
- Specialty Medication Administration – Site of Care Review Guidelines
- Spinal Ultrasonography
- Surgical Treatment for Spine Pain
- Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals
- Total Artificial Heart
- Transpupillary Thermotherapy
- Trogarzo™ (Ibalizumab-Uiyk)
- Umbilical Cord Blood Harvesting and Storage for Future Use
- Unicondylar Spacer Devices for Treatment of Pain or Disability
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- White Blood Cell Colony Stimulating Factors
- Whole Exome and Whole Genome Sequencing
- Xolair ®(Omalizumab)
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