Hosted Medical Policy Content
Certain medical policies that support Horizon Prior Authorization and Medical Necessity Determination (PA/MND) programs are “hosted” by the business partner managing the program(s) in question.
Beginning March 6, 2023, the medical policies that support the services included as part of the following programs must be accessed on eviCore’s website:
- Horizon BCBSNJ’s Radiology/Imaging Services program
- Horizon BCBSNJ’s Cardiology Imaging Services program
- Horizon NJ Health’s Radiology and Cardiology programs.
The medical policies listed in the table below can no longer be accessed within our Medical Policy Manual.
To access this medical policy content, please visit eviCore’s Provider’s Hub and access eviCore’s Cardiovascular & Radiology page for Horizon members or for Horizon Medicaid members as appropriate.
Former Horizon Policy Number |
Former Horizon Policy Name |
Former Horizon Policy Section |
011 | General Guideline for Advanced Imaging Studies | Introduction |
148 | Adult Abdomen Imaging Policy | Radiology |
177 | Adult Breast Imaging Policy | Radiology |
149 | Adult Cardiac Imaging Policy | Radiology |
150 | Adult Chest Imaging Policy | Radiology |
151 | Adult Head Imaging Policy | Radiology |
152 | Adult Musculoskeletal Imaging Policy | Radiology |
153 | Adult Neck Imaging Policy | Radiology |
155 | Adult Oncology Imaging Policy | Radiology |
156 | Adult Pelvis Imaging Policy | Radiology |
157 | Adult Peripheral Nerve Disorders Imaging Policy | Radiology |
158 | Adult Peripheral Vascular Disease Imaging Policy | Radiology |
159 | Adult Spine Imaging Policy | Radiology |
160 | Pediatric Abdomen Imaging Policy | Radiology |
161 | Pediatric Cardiac Imaging Policy | Radiology |
162 | Pediatric Chest Imaging Policy | Radiology |
163 | Pediatric Head Imaging Policy | Radiology |
164 | Pediatric Musculoskeletal Imaging Policy | Radiology |
165 | Pediatric Neck Imaging Policy | Radiology |
166 | Pediatric Oncology Imaging Policy | Radiology |
167 | Pediatric Pelvis Imaging Policy | Radiology |
168 | Pediatric Peripheral Nerve Disorder Imaging Policy | Radiology |
169 | Pediatric Peripheral Vascular Disorder Imaging Policy | Radiology |
170 | Pediatric Spine Imaging Policy | Radiology |
Please note that this effort to transition policy content to eviCore’s Provider’s Hub did not involve any changes to the guidelines within the policies listed above. Future changes to this policy content will be communicated via our current processes.