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New Medical Step Therapy Requirements October 01, 2021 Pharmacy Medical Policy & Clinical Guidelines Blue Medicare

Please note, this communication applies to Healthy Blue + MedicareSM (HMO D-SNP) offered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.

Effective November 1, 2021, the Clinical Criteria ING-CC-0005 will include a trial and inadequate response or intolerance to two preferred hyaluronan agents in the Part B medical step therapy precertification review. Step therapy review will apply upon precertification initiation, in addition to the current medical necessity review (as-is current procedure). Step therapy will not apply for members who are actively receiving non-preferred medications listed below.

Clinical Criteria are publicly available on the provider website. Visit the Clinical Criteria page to search for specific criteria.

CLINICAL CRITERIA:

  • ING-CC-0005

PREFERRED DRUG(S):

  • Euflexxa (J7323) 
  • Supartz FX (J7321)
  • Durolane (J7318)
  • Gelsyn-3 (J7328)

NONPREFERRED DRUG(S):

Including but not limited to:

  • Gel-One (J7326)
  • GenVisc 850 (J7320)
  • Hymovis (J7322)
  • Monovisc (J7327)
  • Orthovisc (J7324)
  • Synvisc/Synvisc One (J7325)
  • TriVisc (J7329)
  • Hyalgan/Visco-3 (J7321)
  • Triluron (J7332)

For more provider D-SNP resources, visit our Healthy Blue + Medicare page.  

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