Specialty pharmacy updates - October 2022

Specialty pharmacy updates for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Anthem) are listed below.

 

Prior authorization clinical review of nononcology use of specialty pharmacy drugs is managed by Anthem’s medical specialty drug review team. Review of specialty pharmacy drugs for oncology use is managed by AIM Specialty Health_®* (AIM), a separate company.

 

Inclusion of the National Drug Code on your claim will help expedite claim processing of drugs billed with a Not Otherwise Classified code.

 

Step therapy updates

Effective for dates of service on and after January 1, 2023, the following specialty pharmacy codes from current or new Clinical Criteria documents will be included in our existing specialty pharmacy medical step therapy review process. 

 

Please note that infliximab agents are subject to step therapy today, and this is to notify of the changes in the preferred and nonpreferred products. Inflectra will become non-preferred and Avsola will become preferred as of January 1, 2023.

 

Access our Clinical Criteria to view the complete information for these step therapy updates.

 

Clinical Criteria	Status	Drug	HCPCS or CPT® code
ING-CC-0062	Preferred	Remicade	J1745
ING-CC-0062	Preferred	Infliximab Unbranded	J1745
ING-CC-0062	Preferred	Avsola	Q5121
ING-CC-0062	Nonpreferred	Inflectra	Q5103
ING-CC-0062	Nonpreferred	Renflexis	Q5104

 

* Availity, LLC is an independent company providing administrative support services on behalf of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield.

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