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

• Advance Care Planning
• Advanced Practice Providers
• BCBSRI Provider Transparency
• Cardiointegram
• Carotid Angioplasty Without Associated Stenting and Embolic Protection (formerly Carotid Angioplasty/Stenting Without Embolic Protection)
• Electrical and Electromagnetic Stimulation for Treatment of Arthritis
• Enhanced External Counterpulsation
• Health and Behavior Assessment
• Home Prothrombin Time Monitoring
• Hospital Audit Process
• Hydrogel Spacer Use During Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer
• Image-Guided Minimally Invasive Spinal Decompression for Spinal Stenosis
• Interferential Current Stimulation
• Intra-articular Hyaluronan Injections for Osteoarthritis
• Intraocular Lens (IOL) Implants
• Manipulation Under Anesthesia
• Meniscal Allografts and Other Meniscal Transplants (formerly Meniscal Allograft Transplantation and Collagen Meniscus Implants)
• Mobile Outpatient Cardiac Telemetry (MOT)
• Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
• Non-Reimbursable Health Service Codes
• Occipital Nerve Stimulation – Insertion
• Ordering Provider NPI Number Requirement
• Orthopedic Applications of Platelet Rich Plasma
• Peripheral Subcutaneous Field Stimulation
• Private Duty Nursing
• Progenitor Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Damaged Myocardium due to Ischemia
• Radiopharmaceuticals
• Synthetic Cartilage Implants for Joint Pain
• Timely Filing Limit
• Transurethral Water Vapor Thermal Therapy and Transurethral Water Jet Ablation (Aquablation) for Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
• Tumor Treatment Fields Therapy
• Varicose Vein Treatment

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."