The following policies were recently reviewed for annual update. The full texts of these policies are available in the Provider section of bcbsri.com:
- Adult Intensive Services (AIS) and Child and Family Intensive Services (CFIT)
- Axial Lumbosacral Interbody Fusion
- Behavioral Health Supervisory Protocol for Licensed Clinical Social Workers and Post Doctorate Clinicians
- Corneal Topography, Computer Assisted Corneal Topography, Photokeratoscopy
- Cranial Orthoses (Adjustable) for Positional Plagiocephaly and Craniosynostoses
- Dry Needling of Trigger Point for Myofascial Pain
- Epidural Injections for Pain Management
- Functional Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
- Intravitreal and Punctum Corticosteroid Implants
- Nerve Graft with Radical Prostatectomy
- Ocriplasmin for Symptomatic Vitreomacular Adhesions
- Orthognathic Surgery
- Out-of-Network Services Requests
- Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Patient-Controlled End of Range Motion Stretching Devices
- Phototherapy in the Home for the Treatment of Dermatological Conditions
- Powered Exoskeleton for Ambulation in Patients with Lower-Limb Disabilities
- Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing
- Prostatic Stent – Temporary
- Reflectance Confocal Microscopy for Evaluating Skin Lesions for Suspected Malignancy.
- Rhinomanometry and Acoustic Optical Rhinomanometry
- Risk Reducing Mastectomy
- Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography (SAECG)
- Skin Contact Monochromatic Infrared Energy (MIRE)
- Sympathetic Therapy for Pain Treatment
- Thermal Capsulorrhaphy as a Treatment of Joint Instability
- Thoracic Lumbosacral Orthosis with Pneumatics
- Topographic Brain Mapping
- Transanal Radiofrequency Treatment of Fecal Incontinence
- Transpupillary Thermotherapy for Treatment of Choroidal Neovascularization
- Transvaginal and Transurethral Radiofrequency Tissue Remodeling for Urinary Stress Incontinence
- Viscocanalostomy and Canaloplasty
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."