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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2026
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 - 2026
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-168 NYS Medicaid Breast Cancer Selective Program

This reimbursement policy outlines Healthfirst requirements for provider eligibility and claim reimbursement under the New York State (NYS) Medicaid Breast Cancer Selective Program.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2026
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-166 Non-Coverage of CPT Code 80050

Effective July 1, 2026, Healthfirst will no longer reimburse for CPT code 80050 (General Health Panel).

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2026
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-164 Magnetic Resonance Image Guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) for Essential Tremor

Effective January 1, 2026, Healthfirst will cover Magnetic Resonance Image Guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) under Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code 61715.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2026
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-163 Online Digital (e-Visit) Services

This policy outlines Healthfirst’s criteria for reimbursing e-Visits, a form of asynchronous, patient-initiated communication that takes place through a secure, HIPAA-compliant digital platform, most commonly a patient portal.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2026
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-161 Tumor Treatment Field Therapy

Tumor Treatment Field Therapy (TTFT) is a non-invasive cancer treatment using alternating electric fields to inhibit cancer cell division.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2026
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-160 Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP)

The purpose of this policy is to establish compliant and consistent reimbursement and billing guidelines for the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP).

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2026
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-157 ESRD Oral-Only Renal Dialysis Services – Drugs & Biologicals

Effective January 1, 2025, in accordance with CMS updates to the ESRD Prospective Payment System (PPS), oral-only renal dialysis service drugs and biologicals, specifically phosphate binders, will be incorporated into the ESRD PPS bundled payment model.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-153 Hospital Outpatient Clinic Visit – CPT/HCPCS Code G0463

This policy outlines the billing, coding, and reimbursement guidelines for hospital clinic visits billed under HCPCS code G0463.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-151 Preventative Service Codes with Medicare Status Indicator "N"

This policy outlines Healthfirst’s reimbursement methodology for preventive service codes 9938199387, 99391–99397, 99401–99404, and 99411–99412.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-150 Cardiac Event Detection - External Mobile Telemetry

This reimbursement policy outlines the guidelines for Mobile Cardiac Telemetry (MCT), a critical service for monitoring cardiac activity in patients with suspected or paroxysmal dysrhythmias.

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Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2025
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-149 Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation

This policy outlines the circumstances under which Healthfirst will reimburse claims for Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluations, specifically utilizing CPT codes 90791 and 90792.

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