The following policies were recently reviewed for annual update. The full texts of these policies are available in the Provider section of bcbsri.com.

• Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
• Autonomic Nervous System Testing Using Portable Automated Devices
• Bariatric Surgery
• Bronchial Thermoplasty
• Bronchial Valves
• Chelation Therapy for Off-Label Uses
• Chronic Intermittent Intravenous Insulin Therapy
• Claim Filing Requirements for Drugs
• Corneal Collagen Cross Linking
• Electrical Bone Growth Stimulation of the Appendicular Skeleton- Implantable and Semi-Implantable
• Electronic Brachytherapy for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
• Fetal Surgery for Prenatally Diagnosed Malformations
• Functional Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
• Glucose Monitoring- Home – Non Preferred Device
• Home Uterine Activity Monitoring (HUAM)
• Immunizations Adult and Pediatric
• Interferential Current Stimulation
• Intra-articular Hyaluronan Injections for Osteoarthritis
• Manipulation Under Anesthesia
• Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry (MCOT)
• Ocriplasmin for Symptomatic Vitreomacular Adhesions
• Oral Appliance for Sleep Apnea
• Patient-Controlled End of Range Motion Stretching Devices
• Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure Devices for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
• Paraspinal Surface Electromyography (SEMG) to Evaluate and Monitor Back Pain 
• Peripheral Subcutaneous Field Stimulation
• Phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK)
• Progenitor Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Damaged Myocardium due to Ischemia
• Proteogenomic Testing for Patients with Cancer
• Specimen Provenance Error Testing
• Speech Therapy
• Ultrasonographic Measurement of Carotid Intima-Medial Thickness as an Assessment of Subclinical Artherosclerosis
• Vertebral Axial Decompression

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."