New Medical Step Therapy Requirements

Please note, this communication applies to Healthy Blue + Medicare^SM (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.

https://www.bluecrossnc.com/providers/blue-medicare-providers/healthy-blue-medicare
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