Beginning January 1, 2022, ASR Health Benefits is requiring certification for the following surgeries:

• Back surgeries and hardware related to surgery
• Osteochondral allograft, knee
• Hysterectomy (including prophylactic)
• Autologous chondrocyte implantation, Carticel
• Transplant (excluding cornea)
• Balloon sinuplasty
• Sleep apnea-related surgeries, limited to the following:
  • Radiofrequency ablation (coblation, somnoplasty)
  • Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, including laser-assisted procedures
• Potentially cosmetic procedures, including but not limited to the following:
  • Abdominoplasty
  • Blepharoplasty
  • Cervicoplasty (neck lift)
  • Facial skin lesions (photo therapy, laser therapy, excluding Mohs)
  • Hernia repair, abdominal and incisional (only when associated with a cosmetic procedure)
  • Intradiscal Electrothermoplasty (thermal intradiscal procedures)
  • Liposuction/Lipectomy
  • Mammoplasty, augmentation and reduction (including removal of implant)
  • Mastectomy (including gynecomastia and prophylactic)
  • Morbid obesity procedures
  • Orthognathic procedures (e.g. genioplasty, lefort osteotomy, mandibular open reduction internal fixation, temporomandibular joint surgery)
  • Otoplasty
  • Panniculectomy
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Rhytidectomy
  • Scar revisions
  • Septoplasty
  • Varicose vein surgery/Sclerotherapy

Certification List 2022