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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-075v1 Laboratory Procedures

To be considered for reimbursement, all outpatient laboratory claims should be submitted in accordance with: - AMA CPT and HCPCS coding and ICD-10 diagnosis coding guidelines - Other laboratory and pathology coding guidelines - All applicable regulatory guidelines This policy outlines additional requirements beyond the guidelines listed above that are required for reimbursement. Note that these guidelines are reviewed and updated periodically.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-073v1 Ordering/Referring Provider NPI

The NPI number of the ordering/referring provider should be included in all claim’s submissions to Healthfirst for member service requests. Federal regulations require you to submit HIPAA standard electronic transactions with only your NPI number.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-077v1 Photochemotherapy

Effective September 1, 2023, consistent with the American Academy of Dermatology Association and New York State, Healthfirst will update our policy regarding covered diagnoses for photochemotherapy treatment.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2024
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-041 Serum Tumor Markers for Malignancies

Tumor biomarkers are proteins detected in the blood, urine, or other body fluids that are either produced by the tumor itself or in response to its presence.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2024
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-011 Lyme Disease Testing

Lyme disease is a common multisystem inflammatory disease caused by spirochetes of the family Borreliaceae transmitted through the bite of an infected tick of the genus Ixodes (Barbour, 2022).

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2024
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-020 Onychomycosis Testing

Onychomycosis, also known as tinea unguium (Wollina et al., 2016), is a fungal infection of the nail typically caused by pathogenic fungal dermatophytes, such as Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, and Epidermophyton floccossum; onychomycosis may also be caused by yeasts, including Candida parapsilosis and Candida guilliermondii, or non-dermatophyte molds, including Neoscytalidium dimidiatum, Onychocola canadensis, the Aspergillus species, Scopulariopsis species, Alternaria species, Acremonium species, and Fusarium species (Ameen et al., 2014; Bongomin et al., 2018; Wollina et al., 2016).

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2024
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-025 Pediatric Preventive Screening

Preventive screening is a healthcare service with the goal of illness prevention and health management.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2024
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-026 Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Testing

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a glycoprotein that is produced by both normal and neoplastic prostate tissue.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2024
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-018 Diagnosis of Vaginitis

Vaginitis is defined as inflammation of the vagina with symptoms of discharge, itching, and discomfort often due to a disruption of the vaginal microflora.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2024
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-037 Urinary Tumor Markers for Bladder Cancer

Bladder cancer is defined as a malignancy that develops from the tissues of the bladder. It is the most common cancer of the urinary system.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2024
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-052 Helicobacter pylori Testing

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a spiral-shaped, gram-negative bacteria that thrives while living in acidic environments, growing in close association with the stomach lining.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2024
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-059 Allergen Testing

Allergic disease is characterized by inappropriate or exaggerated rated immune reactions to foreign antigens (allergens) that are generally innocuous to most people, but when introduced into a genetically-predisposed individual, elicit a hypersensitivity reaction (Hamilton, 2023).

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