• Ambulance Air and Water Transport
• BCBSRI Performance Data for Health Care Operations
• Buprenorphine Implant for Treatment of Opioid Dependence
• Breast Pump – Hospital Grade
• Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting Without Embolic Protection
• Clinical Trials BlueCHiP for Medicare
• Functional Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
• Glucose Monitoring – Home
• Home Spirometry
• Image Guided Minimally Invasive Decompression for Spinal Stenosis
• Infused Multiple Sclerosis Drugs: Lemtrada (alemtuzumab) and Ocrevus (ocrelizumab)
• Injectable Agents for Asthma and Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria–Cinqair, Fasenra, Nucala, Xolair
• Intra-Articular Hyaluronan Injections for Osteoarthritis
• Intraviteal Corticosteroid Implants
• Intravenous Anesthetics for the Treatment of Chronic Pain
• Krystexxa (pegloticase)
• Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel)
• Laparoscopic and Percutaneous Techniques for the Myolysis of Uterine Fibroids
• Lutathera (lutetium Lu 177 dotatate)
• Luxturna (vortigene nparvovec-rzyl)
• Mepsevii (vestronidase alfa-vjbk)
• Microvolt T-Wave Alternans Testing
• Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry (MCOT)
• Ocriplasmin for Symptomatic Vitreomacular Adhesion
• Parsabiv (etelcalcetide)
• Patient Controlled End of Range Motion Stretching Devices
• Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
• Preventive Services for Commercial Members
• Retinal Telescreening for Diabetic Retinopathy
• Smoking Cessation Mandate
• Termination of Pregnancy
• Vertebral Axial Decompression

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

For your review, we also post monthly drafts of medical policies being created or reassessed. 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."