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United Healthcare Medical Policy Updates – November 2018
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November 2018 Medical Policy Updates:
- Apheresis
- Athletic Pubalgia Surgery
- Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation In The Knee
- Bariatric Surgery
- Bone or Soft Tissue Healing and Fusion Enhancement Products
- Breast Imaging for Screening and Diagnosing Cancer
- Breast Reconstruction Post Mastectomy
- Breast Repair/Reconstruction Not Following Mastectomy
- Bronchial Thermoplasty
- Buprenorphine (Probuphine ®& Sublocade™)
- Carrier Testing for Genetic Dise
- Chelation Therapy for Non-Overload Conditions
- Chemosensitivity and Chemoresistance Assays in Cancer
- Cochlear Implants
- Cognitive Rehabilitation
- Collagen Crosslinks and Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover
- Computerized Dynamic Posturography
- Corneal Hysteresis and Intraocular Pressure Measurement
- Cytological Examination of Breast Fluids for Cancer Screening
- Denosumab (Prolia ®& Xgeva®)
- Discogenic Pain Treatment
- Electric Tumor Treatment Field Therapy
- Electrical Bioimpedence for Cardiac Output Measurement
- Embolization of the Ovarian and Iliac Veins for Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
- Enzyme Replacement Therapy
- Epidural Steroid and Facet Injections for Spinal Pain
- Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT)
- Fecal Calprotectin Testing
- Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders, Diagnosis and Treatment
- Gender Dysphoria Treatment
- Gene Expression Tests for Cardiac Indications
- Glaucoma Surgical Treatments
- Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Analogs
- Habilitative Services and Outpatient Rehabilitation Therapy
- Habilitative Services for Essential Health Groups
- Hip Resurfacing and Replacement Surgery (Arthroplasty)
- Home Traction Therapy
- Ilaris ®(Canakinumab)
- Intraoperative Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC)
- Intrauterine Fetal Surgery
- Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy
- Light and Laser Therapy for Cutaneous Lesions and Pilonidal Disease
- Macular Degeneration Treatment Procedures
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)
- Manipulation Under Anesthesia
- Manipulative Therapy
- Meniscus Implant and Allograft
- Minimally Invasive Procedures for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Motorized Spinal Traction
- Neuropsychological Testing Under the Medical Benefit
- New Version of the Knowledge Library (KL) Released
- Occipital Neuralgia and Headache Treatment
- Ocrevus™ (Ocrelizumab)
- Outpatient Cardiac Telemetry
- Pharmacogenetic Testing
- Platelet Derived Growth Factors for Treatment of Wounds
- Preterm Labor Management
- Prolotherapy For Musculoskeletal Indications
- Prosthetic Devices, Wigs, Specialized, Microprocessor or Myoelectric Limbs
- Rehabilitation Services (Outpatient)
- Skin and Soft Tissue Substitutes
- Spinal Ultrasonography
- Surgical and Ablative Procedures for Venous Insufficiency and Varicose Veins
- Thermography
- Total Artificial Disc Replacement for the Spine
- Total Artificial Heart
- Transpupillary Thermotherapy
- Umbilical Cord Blood Harvesting and Storage for Future Use
- Visual Information Processing Evaluation and Orthoptic and Vision Therapy
- Warming Therapy and Ultrasound Therapy for Wounds
- PDF: medical-policy-update-bulletin-november-2018.pdf
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