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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2024
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-113 Doula Services

Effective January 1, 2025, Healthfirst will provide coverage of Doula Services provided in accordance with 42 CFR section 440.130(c). This policy outlines Healthfirst guidelines for the reimbursement of Doula Services.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-078 Telemedicine

This policy outlines the guidelines for telemedicine and telehealth services eligible for reimbursement by Healthfirst.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-106 e-Consult Visits

This document describes the eConsult visit policy Healthfirst Utilization Management follows when reimbursing for services provided by contracted providers.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-127 Canalith Repositioning Procedure

Healthfirst adheres to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) guidelines for Canalith Repositioning Procedures. This policy outlines the reimbursement criteria and procedure for the CPT code 95992, which is designated for the therapeutic management of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-131 Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing

Effective May 1, 2025, Healthfirst will implement a new reimbursement policy for Psychological-Neuropsychological testing. This policy is aligned with Local Coverage Determination L34520 and Local Coverage Article A57780 R-10-01-2024 (Jurisdiction N).

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-001 Vitamin D Testing

Vitamin D is a precursor to steroid hormones and plays a key role in calcium absorption and mineral metabolism.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-005 Diagnostic Testing of Iron Homeostasis & Metabolism

Iron, an essential nutrient with a variety of biological uses, is tightly regulated in vivo to maintain homeostasis.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-006 Vitamin B12 and Methylmalonic Acid Testing

Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin required for proper red blood cell formation, key metabolic processes, neurological function, and DNA regulation and synthesis.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-012 Pathogen Panel Testing

Infectious diseases can be caused by a wide range of pathogens. Conventional diagnostic methods like culture, microscopy with or without stains and immunofluorescence, and immunoassay often lack sensitivity and specificity and have long turnaround times.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-023 Diabetes Mellitus Testing

Diabetes describes several heterogeneous diseases in which various genetic and environmental factors can result in the progressive loss of β-cell mass and/or function that manifests clinically as hyperglycemia (Skyler et al., 2017).

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-029 Testosterone Testing

Testosterone is a naturally occurring lipophilic androgen hormone that is produced by both males and females for various functions.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-036 Immune Cell Function Assay

Immune cell function assays involve measurement of peripheral blood lymphocyte response (intracellular ATP levels, proliferation) following stimulation to assess the degree of functionality of the cell-mediated immune response (Buttgereit et al., 2000)

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