UM AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENT
Oncology Analytics, Inc. dba OncoHealth affirms that:

  1. UM decision making is based only on appropriateness of care and service and the existence of coverage;
  2. The organization does not specifically reward practitioners or other individuals for issuing denials of coverage; and
  3. Financial incentives for UM decision makers do not encourage decisions that result in underutilization.

MEDICARE CRITERIA HIERARCHY
Oncology Analytics, Inc. dba OncoHealth utilizes the following hierarchy order of criteria to make medical necessity determinations.  The list identifies the Medicare resource guidelines and the order in which criteria should be reviewed.  Other lines of business may have similar hierarchies which are utilized.

 

  1. Medicare National Coverage Determination (NCD):
  1. Medicare Local Coverage Determination (LCD):
  1. Health Plan Policy
  1. Nationally approved and recognized medical coverage criteria/guidelines:
  1. Nationally recognized literature/journals: Other uses of drugs and biologics may be considered medically accepted if supported as safe and effective according to peer-reviewed articles from one of the following journals:

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