Medical Injectables Program Updates: May 2021

Horizon BCBSNJ collaborates with Magellan Rx Management (MRxM) to administer its Medical Injectables Program (MIP). As part of our shared commitment to help ensure that the medications our members need are medically necessary and cost effective, the following changes will be made to our MIP.

• Medical Necessity and Appropriateness Review
  Beginning with services provided on and after May 17, 2021, MRxM will conduct medical necessity and appropriateness reviews (MNAR) for the following injectable medications as part of the MIP.

For Medicare Advantage members, please use the appropriate G code (G2082 or G2083) for esketamine rather than S0013.

• Use New HCPCS Code for Sevenfact
  Based on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) guidance and in accordance with the American Medical Association, please use HCPCS code J7212 when submitting Prior Authorization & Medical Necessity Determination (PA/MND) requests and claims for Sevenfact® [coagulation factor VIIa (recombinant)-jncw] for services provided after January 1, 2021.

If you have any questions, please contact your Network Specialist or Ancillary Contracting Specialist.

Reminders:

• As part of our MIP, MRxM conducts MNARs for injectable medications administered in a freestanding or hospital-based dialysis center, an outpatient facility, a patient’s home or a physician’s office. MRxM does not conduct MNARs for injectable medications administered during an inpatient stay, or in an Emergency Room or Observation Room setting.
  For medical Injectable services rendered in the patient’s home, call 1-855-243-3321 for participating Horizon Care@Home health care professionals to obtain pre-service determination.
• We encourage you to review the medical policy criteria and guidelines for the injectable medications included as part of the MIP within our Medical Policy Manual.

Magellan Rx Management^SM is a service mark of Magellan Health, Inc. Magellan Rx Management is an independent company that supports Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey in the administration of conduct medical necessity and appropriateness review (MNAR) for certain medical injectable drugs. Magellan Rx Management is independent from and not associated with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.

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