Updates to AIM Specialty Health Cardiac Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines

Effective for dates of service on and after March 14, 2021, the following updates will apply to the AIM Specialty Health® (AIM) Advanced Imaging of the Heart and Diagnostic Coronary Angiography Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines.

 

Evaluation of patients with cardiac arrhythmias:

• Updated repeat transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) criteria
• Added restrictions for patients whose initial echocardiogram shows no evidence of structural heart disease, and follow-up echocardiography is not appropriate for ongoing management of arrhythmia

 

Evaluation of signs, symptoms or abnormal testing:

• Added restrictions for TTE in evaluation of palpitation and lightheadedness based on literature

 

Diagnostic coronary angiography:

• Updated criteria to evaluate patients with suspected congenital coronary artery anomalies

 

As a reminder, ordering and servicing providers may submit prior authorization requests to AIM in one of several ways:

• Access AIM’s ProviderPortal_SM directly at https://providerportal.com.
• Online access is available 24/7 to process orders in real-time, and is the fastest and most convenient way to request authorization.
• Access AIM via the Availity* Portal at https://www.availity.com. Call the AIM Contact Center toll free at 800-714-0040 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

             

For questions related to guidelines, please contact AIM via email at aim.guidelines@aimspecialtyhealth.com. Additionally, you may access and download a copy of the current and upcoming guidelines here.

 

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