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1 de maio, 2019

Policy Updates

Behavioral Health Integration Services policy PBF

This policy documents payment guidelines for Collaborative Care Management Services (CoCM) and other General Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) Services. Effective 1 de junho, 2019, in addition to BlueCHiP for Medicare, coverage for other BHI models under CPT code 99484 is extended to Commercial products for providers that have submitted a program description and received approval from BCBSRI. See full text of this policy here.

Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) coverage updates PF  

Effective 1 de julho, 2019, there are coverage updates within the Proprietary Laboratory Analyses policy. Please see the full text of this policy here.

Transitional Care Management Services codes  PF  

Effective 1 de maio, 2019 the Transitional Care Management CPT codes 99495 and 99496 will be “covered and separately reimbursed" for Blue CHiP for Medicare members only. For Commercial members, these codes will continue to be “not separately reimbursed. For additional details regarding payment guidelines please see the full text of this policy at bcbsri.com.
 

Vitamin D Testing codes  PF  

Effective 1 de julho, 2019, for Commercial members only, CPT codes for Vitamin D Testing (82306 and 82562) will only be considered medically necessary with select ICD-10 diagnosis codes. For additional details regarding payment guidelines please see the full text of this policy by clicking here.