UnitedHealthCare Community Plan of California Changing its Vitamin D Testing Reimbursement Policy

UnitedHealthcare Community Plan in California will change the existing Vitamin D Policy for claims with dates of services on or after Jan.1, 2019. The policy will further align with recent clinical evidence. Prevailing clinical evidence only considers vitamin D testing to be clinically appropriate if it’s done when a patient is diagnosed with certain medical conditions.  In those cases, we’re limiting UnitedHealthcare Community Plan members to four tests in a 12-month period.

Source: https://www.uhcprovider.com/content/dam/provider/docs/public/resources/news/2018/network-bulletin/November-Interactive-Network-Bulletin-2018.pdf