Our updated Medical policy: Varicose veins - surgical treatments (commercial) will go into effect Nov. 1, 2019.
Updates to the policy include:
- Clarification under the “Limitations/Exclusions” section to include additional plan benefit exclusions as noted in the latest membership agreements
- Added specifications on what types of photographs should be submitted as part of preauthorization requests
- Updated the sclerotherapy injections section to require photographs to be taken within one month of the requested service date
