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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-140 Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Studies

This policy outlines the guidelines for reimbursing Electromyography (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) performed to diagnose, evaluate, or manage peripheral nerve and neuromuscular disorders.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-147 Skin Substitute Grafts and Cellular or Tissue based Products (CTPs)

This policy outlines reimbursement guidelines for the application of skin substitute graft and cellular and or tissue-based products (CTPs) used in the treatment of acute and chronic wounds, including but not limited to diabetic foot ulcers, venous leg ulcers, burns, breast reconstruction and surgical wounds.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-146 Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) for Arthritis

This policy establishes the guidelines and requirements for the reimbursement of evidence-based Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) services for Arthritis provided to eligible Healthfirst members aged 18 years and older.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-137 Appropriate Use of Manifestation Diagnosis Codes

Healthfirst is committed to ensuring accurate and compliant claims submission through the correct use of diagnosis coding, specifically emphasizing the appropriate application of Manifestation Codes.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-115 Digital Mental Health Treatment (DMHT) Device

A Digital Mental Health Treatment (DMHT) device is a device similar to a mobile device that allows billing practitioners to provide behavioral health services in conjunction with ongoing behavioral health care treatment.

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Provider Alerts - Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Practice Guidelines and Tips - 2025
Important Notice Regarding U.S. Department of Justice Regulations on Sensitive Personal Data

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued new regulations titled the “Final Rule on Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern”, codified at 28 C.F.R. Part 202.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-139 Non-Covered Computed Heart Tomography

This reimbursement policy outlines Healthfirst's position on the non-coverage of Computed Tomography (CT) of the heart, specifically CPT code 75571, which pertains to computed tomography of the heart without contrast for quantitative coronary artery calcium scoring.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-130 Discarded Drugs and Biologicals Billing Guidelines

This policy establishes guidelines for the proper billing and reimbursement of drugs and biologicals supplied in single-dose containers, specifically addressing situations involving wastage and discarding of such drugs.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-080 Colorectal Cancer Screening

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the term used to describe the development of cancer in the colon or the rectum.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-068 Prenatal Screening (Nongenetic)

Prenatal screening encompasses any testing done to determine the health status of the pregnant individual and/or fetus.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-067 Evaluation of Dry Eyes

Dry eye disease (dysfunctional tear syndrome, DED) is defined by the Dry Eye Workshop II as “a multifactorial disease of the ocular surface characterized by a loss of homeostasis of the tear film, and accompanied by ocular symptoms, in which tear film instability and hyperosmolarity, ocular surface inflammation and damage, and neurosensory abnormalities play etiological roles.”

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-066 Prescription Medication and Illicit Drug Testing in the Outpatient Setting

Abuse of both prescription and illicit drugs is extremely common.

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