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1 ago, 2022

Policies recently reviewed for annual update

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

  • Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Level of Care
  • Behavioral Health Outpatient Professional Services
  • Measurement of Ocular Blood Flow for Glaucoma
  • Optical Coherence Tomography of the Anterior Eye Segment
  • Phototherapeutic Keratectomy
  • Prior Authorization via Web-Based Tool for Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
  • Provider Guidelines for Requesting Point of Service Payment and Maintaining Patient Credit Card Information
  • Scanning Computerized Ophthalmic Diagnostic Imaging
  • Vertebral Axial Decompression
  • Ultrasonographic Measurement of Carotid Intima-Medial Thickness as an Assessment of Subclinical Artherosclerosis

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."