| Notifications | Multiple Surgery Payment Reduction | 11.00.10z | 6/1/2026 10:00 AM | 9/1/2026 | | | 6/1/2026 | Coverage and/or Reimbursement Position | | |
| Notifications | Tildrakizumab-asmn (Ilumya®) | 08.01.48c | 6/12/2026 1:00 PM | 9/14/2026 | | | 6/12/2026 | Coverage and/or Reimbursement Position;Medical Necessity Criteria;Medical Coding;General Description, Guidelines, or Informational Update | | |
| New Policies | Site of Care for Elective Procedures [Hospital Outpatient Setting to Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC)] | 12.06.00 | 3/2/2026 3:00 PM | 6/1/2026 | | | 6/1/2026 | This is a New Policy. | 6/1/2026 | |
| New Policies | Level of Care for Elective Procedures (Hospital Inpatient to Hospital Outpatient Level of Care) | 12.06.01 | 3/2/2026 12:00 PM | 6/1/2026 | | | 6/1/2026 | This is a New Policy. | | |
| Updated Policies | Nebulizers and Inhalation Solutions | 05.00.15u | | 2/1/2026 | | | 6/1/2026 | Medical Necessity Criteria | | |
| Updated Policies | Hospital Readmissions | 00.01.47e | | 6/1/2026 | | | 6/1/2026 | Coverage and/or Reimbursement Position | | |
| Updated Policies | Musculoskeletal Services (Independence) | 00.01.66s | 3/2/2026 11:00 AM | 6/1/2026 | | | 6/1/2026 | Medical Necessity Criteria | | |
| Updated Policies | Lurbinectedin (Zepzelca®) | 08.01.67d | | 6/1/2026 | | | 6/1/2026 | Medical Necessity Criteria | | |
| Updated Policies | Penpulimab-kcqx | 08.02.42a | | 6/1/2026 | | | 6/1/2026 | Medical Necessity Criteria | | |
| Updated Policies | Dostarlimab-gxly (Jemperli) | 08.01.79g | | 6/1/2026 | | | 6/1/2026 | Medical Necessity Criteria | | |
| Updated Policies | Cosibelimab-ipdl (Unloxcyt™) | 08.02.40a | | 6/1/2026 | | | 6/1/2026 | Medical Necessity Criteria | | |
| Updated Policies | Zenocutuzumab-zbco (Bizengri®) | 08.02.38a | | 6/1/2026 | | | 6/1/2026 | Medical Necessity Criteria | | |
| Updated Policies | Tislelizumab-jsgr (Tevimbra®) | 08.02.23a | | 6/1/2026 | | | 6/1/2026 | Medical Necessity Criteria | | |
| Updated Policies | Presumptive and Definitive Drug Testing in Substance Abuse and Pain Management Treatments | 06.02.44s | 3/6/2026 9:00 AM | 6/5/2026 | | | 6/5/2026 | Coverage and/or Reimbursement Position;Medical Necessity Criteria;Medical Coding;General Description, Guidelines, or Informational Update | | |
| Updated Policies | Apheresis Therapy | 06.03.04p | 3/10/2026 10:00 AM | 6/8/2026 | | | 6/8/2026 | Medical Necessity Criteria | | |
| Updated Policies | Home Health Care Services | 02.01.01h | | 6/8/2026 | | | 6/8/2026 | General Description, Guidelines, or Informational Update | | |
| Updated Policies | Wheelchair Options and Accessories | 05.00.67v | | 6/8/2026 | | | 6/15/2026 | Medical Necessity Criteria | 6/15/2026 | |
| Updated Policies | Mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx (Elahere®) | 08.02.01d | | 6/15/2026 | | | 6/15/2026 | Medical Necessity Criteria | | |
| Updated Policies | Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs) | 08.00.75r | | 6/15/2026 | | | 6/15/2026 | Medical Necessity Criteria;Medical Coding | | |
| Updated Policies | Pemetrexed (Pemfexy™) | 08.00.87p | | 6/15/2026 | | | 6/15/2026 | Medical Necessity Criteria;Medical Coding | | |
| Updated Policies | Musculoskeletal Services (Independence) | 00.01.66t | | 6/14/2026 | | | 6/15/2026 | Medical Necessity Criteria;General Description, Guidelines, or Informational Update | | |
| Updated Policies | Toripalimab-tpzi (Loqtorzi®) | 08.02.20b | | 6/15/2026 | | | 6/15/2026 | Medical Necessity Criteria | | |
| Updated Policies | Tarlatamab-dlle (Imdelltra®) for intravenous use | 08.02.27a | | 6/15/2026 | | | 6/15/2026 | Medical Necessity Criteria | | |
| Reissue Policies | Percutaneous Image-Guided Lumbar Decompression (PILD) for Spinal Stenosis | 11.15.22e | | 1/1/2026 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/10/2026 | | | |
| Reissue Policies | Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI) and Other Cell-based Treatments of Focal Articular Cartilage Lesions (Independence Administrators) | 11.14.06j | | 1/10/2021 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/10/2026 | | | |
| Reissue Policies | Surgical Treatment of Femoroacetabular Impingement (Independence Administrators) | 11.14.23d | | 1/10/2021 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/10/2026 | | | |
| Reissue Policies | Endovascular Stent Graft Repair of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Nonaneurysmal Lesions | 11.02.17j | | 1/1/2026 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/11/2026 | | | |
| Reissue Policies | Ambulatory Electrocardiography (AECG) Monitoring and Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry (MCOT) Monitoring | 07.02.21r | | 7/21/2025 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/11/2026 | | | |
| Reissue Policies | Allogeneic Processed Thymus Tissue-agdc (Rethymic®) | 08.01.88b | | 11/17/2025 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/11/2026 | | | |
| Reissue Policies | Procedures for the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) | 11.03.11r | | 1/1/2026 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/11/2026 | | | |
| Reissue Policies | Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) | 07.05.08d | | 7/1/2023 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/11/2026 | | | |
| Reissue Policies | Gastric Electrical Stimulation (Enterra™), Gastric Pacing | 11.03.15m | | 10/1/2025 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/11/2026 | | | |
| Reissue Policies | Ablation of Lung Tumors | 11.00.16k | | 1/1/2026 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/11/2026 | | | |
| Reissue Policies | Serodiagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and the Prometheus® IBD sgi Diagnostic™ Test | 06.02.17h | | 4/1/2020 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/11/2026 | | | |
| Reissue Policies | Instrument-Based Vision Screening | 07.13.12d | | 1/1/2016 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/11/2026 | | | |
| Reissue Policies | Endovascular Grafts for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA), Aorto-Iliac Aneurysms, and Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysms | 11.02.10p | | 1/1/2022 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/11/2026 | | | |
| Reissue Policies | Direct Endoscopic Necrosectomy (DEN) for the Treatment of Pancreatic Necrosis | 11.03.16 | | 1/20/2025 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/12/2026 | | | |
| Reissue Policies | Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation (Independence Administrators) | 11.14.12f | | 1/10/2021 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/12/2026 | | | |
| Reissue Policies | Meniscal Allograft Transplantation and Meniscal Implants (Independence Administrators) | 11.14.03h | | 1/10/2021 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/12/2026 | | | |
| Reissue Policies | Osteochondral Autograft Transplantation (Independence Administrators) | 11.14.09h | | 1/10/2021 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/12/2026 | | | |
| Reissue Policies | Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias | 11.02.06r | | 1/1/2025 | 6/10/2026 | | 6/12/2026 | | | |
| Coding Update | Modifier 25: Significant, Separately Identifiable Evaluation and Management Service by the Same Physician or Other Qualified Health Care Professional on the Same Day of the Procedure or Other Service | 03.00.06ae | | 4/1/2026 | | | 6/15/2026 | | | |