Medical Drug Benefit Clinical Criteria Updates

Medical Drug Benefit Clinical Criteria Updates

UniCare Health Plan of West Virginia, Inc. Medicaid Managed Care Provider Bulletin April 2020 Medical drug benefit Clinical Criteria updates On November 15, 2019, and February 21, 2020, the Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee approved the following Clinical Criteria applicable to the medical drug benefit for UniCare Health Plan of West Virginia, Inc. These policies were developed, revised or reviewed to support clinical coding edits. Visit Clinical Criteria to search for specific policies. For questions or additional information, use this email. Please see the explanation/definition for each category of Clinical Criteria below: New: newly published criteria Revised: addition or removal of medical necessity requirements, new document number Annual Review: minor wording and formatting updates, new document number Updates marked with an asterisk (*): criteria may be perceived as more restrictive Please share this notice with other members of your practice and office staff. Please note: The clinical criteria listed below applies only to the medical drug benefits contained within the member’s medical policy. This does not apply to pharmacy services. Effective date Document number Clinical Criteria title New, revised, annual review 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0002* Colony Stimulating Factor Agents Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0124 Keytruda (pembrolizumab) Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0125* Opdivo (nivolumab) Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0119* Yervoy (ipilimumab) Revised 06/01/2020 Abraxane (paclitaxel, protein ING-CC-0099* Revised bound) 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0093 Docetaxel (Taxotere) Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0094* Alimta (pemetrexed disodium) Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0130 Imfinzi (durvalumab) Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0088* Elzonris (tagraxofusp-erzs) Revised 06/01/2020 Radioimmunotherapy and Somatostatin Receptor Targeted ING-CC-0118* Revised Radiotherapy (Azedra, Lutathera, Zevalin) 06/01/2020 Xofigo (Radium Ra 223 ING-CC-0112* Revised Dichloride) 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0123 Cyramza (ramucirumab) Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0131 Besponsa (inotuzumab ozogamicin) Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0121 Gazyva (obinutuzumab) Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0109* Zaltrap (ziv-aflibercept) Revised www.unicare.com UniCare Health Plan of West Virginia, Inc. UWVPEC-1414-20 April 2020 UniCare Health Plan of West Virginia, Inc. Medical drug benefit Clinical Criteria updates Page 2 of 2 Effective date Document number Clinical Criteria title New, revised, annual review 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0135* Melanoma Vaccines Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0096 Asparagine Specific Enzymes Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0120 Kyprolis (carfilzomib) Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0085 Actimmune (interferon gamma-1b) Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0113 Sylvant (siltuximab) Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0129 Bavencio (avelumab) Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0090 Ixempra (ixabepilone) Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0110 Perjeta (pertuzumab) Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0115 Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab) Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0108 Halaven (eribulin) Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0033* Xolair (omalizumab) Revised 06/01/2020 Monoclonal Antibodies to ING-CC-0043* Revised Interleukin-5 06/01/2020 Selective Vascular Endothelial ING-CC-0072 Revised Growth Factor (VEGF) Antagonists 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0062* Tumor Necrosis Factor Antagonists Revised 06/01/2020 ING-CC-0049* Radicava (edaravone) Revised 06/01/2020 Human Parathyroid Hormone ING-CC-0038* Revised Agents 06/01/2020 Prostacyclin Infusion and ING-CC-0067 Revised Inhalation Therapy 06/01/2020 Rituximab Agents for ING-CC-0075 Revised Non-Oncologic Indications .

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