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Owen Scott Muir · Said 2 Apr 2025 · owen-1695

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“I'm am here to encourage my colleagues at all health plans to update their coverage policy promptly, because not only is it not keeping with the evidence, nor with the FDA approval, but frankly, it opens them up to tremendous liability”
· Cigna Unveils National Coverage Policy for Adolescent Depression Including TMS! · substack post

The Cigna/Evernorth policy requires failure of two antidepressant trials for ages 15-17 before covering TMS, which the FDA label does not require. The author says this exposes health plans to tremendous liability.

'Should', 'must', 'ought to', 'needs to' with no predictive reading.

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