Effective January 1, 2019, the following specialty drugs, which are
eligible for coverage under the medical benefit for AmeriHealth New Jersey
members, will require precertification:
- Azedra? (ultratrace iobenguane I-131)* ? Antineoplastic
Agents
- Crysvita? (burosumab-twza) ? Miscellaneous Therapeutic
Agents
- FulphilaTM (pegfilgrastim-jmdb) ? Colony-Stimulating
Factors
- Ilaris? (canakinumab) ? Miscellaneous Therapeutic Agents
- IlumyaTM (tildrakizumab-asmn) ? Immunological Agents
- Jivi? (recombinant PEGylated-aucl) ? Hemophilia/Coagulation
Factors
- Krystexxa? (pegloticase) ? Miscellaneous Therapeutic Agents
- Libtayo? (cemiplimab-rwlc) ? Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 Human Monoclonal
Antibodies
- LumoxitiTM (moxetumomab pasudotox-tdfk) ? Antineoplastic
Agents
- OnpattroTM (patisiran) ? Miscellaneous Therapeutic Agents
- Panzyga? (immunoglobulin intravenous [human]) ? IVIG/SCIG ?
RECENT ADDITION
- PoteligeoTM (mogamulizumab-kpkc) ? Antineoplastic Agents
- RevcoviTM (elapegademase-lvlr) ? Enzyme Replacement Agents ?
RECENT ADDITION
- TriViscTM (sodium hyaluronate) ? Hyaluronate Acid Products
- TrogarzoTM (ibalizumab-uiyk) ? Miscellaneous Therapeutic
Agents
In addition, the following drugs are currently pending approval from the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and will require precertification for
AmeriHealth New Jersey members once they receive FDA approval in 2019, or as of
January 1, 2019, for any drug approved in 2018:
- eculizumab biosimilar ? Miscellaneous Therapeutic Agents
- ElzonrisTM (tagraxofusp) ? Antineoplastic Agents
- emapalumab ? Miscellaneous Therapeutic Agents
- ravulizumab ? Miscellaneous Therapeutic Agents
- sacituzumab govitecan ? Antineoplastic Agents
Lastly, all drugs that are classified by AmeriHealth New
Jersey as Gene Therapy (e.g., LuxturnaTM [voretigene
neparvovec-rzyl]) will require precertification as of January 1, 2019.
These changes will be reflected in an updated precertification requirement
list, which will be posted to our website before the changes go into effect. The availability
of the updated precertification list will be announced in a future Partners
in Health UpdateSM article.
*Precertification review is provided by CareCore
National, LLC d/b/a eviCore healthcare (eviCore).