The following policies were recently reviewed for annual update. The full texts of these policies are available in the Provider section of bcbsri.com:
- Advance Care Planning
- Advanced Practice Providers
- BCBSRI Provider Transparency
- Cardiointegram
- Carotid Angioplasty Without Associated Stenting and Embolic Protection (formerly Carotid Angioplasty/Stenting Without Embolic Protection)
- Electrical and Electromagnetic Stimulation for Treatment of Arthritis
- Enhanced External Counterpulsation
- Health and Behavior Assessment
- Home Prothrombin Time Monitoring
- Hospital Audit Process
- Hydrogel Spacer Use During Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer
- Image-Guided Minimally Invasive Spinal Decompression for Spinal Stenosis
- Interferential Current Stimulation
- Intra-articular Hyaluronan Injections for Osteoarthritis
- Intraocular Lens (IOL) Implants
- Manipulation Under Anesthesia
- Meniscal Allografts and Other Meniscal Transplants (formerly Meniscal Allograft Transplantation and Collagen Meniscus Implants)
- Mobile Outpatient Cardiac Telemetry (MOT)
- Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Non-Reimbursable Health Service Codes
- Occipital Nerve Stimulation – Insertion
- Ordering Provider NPI Number Requirement
- Orthopedic Applications of Platelet Rich Plasma
- Peripheral Subcutaneous Field Stimulation
- Private Duty Nursing
- Progenitor Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Damaged Myocardium due to Ischemia
- Radiopharmaceuticals
- Synthetic Cartilage Implants for Joint Pain
- Timely Filing Limit
- Transurethral Water Vapor Thermal Therapy and Transurethral Water Jet Ablation (Aquablation) for Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
- Tumor Treatment Fields Therapy
- Varicose Vein Treatment
We also post monthly drafts of medical policies being created or reassessed for your review. As a reminder, you can provide comments on draft policies for up to 30 days. Draft policies are located on the Provider homepage, under the Medical Policies section, under the drop-down “Draft Medical Policies.”