Harvoni — Highmark
chronic hepatitis C in kidney transplant patients—treatment experienced
Preferred products
- Mavyret
- Epclusa
- Harvoni
Initial criteria
- age ≥ 18 years
- diagnosis of chronic HCV (ICD-10: B18.2)
- history of kidney transplant
- prescriber documents prior therapies and reason for discontinuation or failure
- prescriber provides member’s cirrhosis status
- prescribed regimen is appropriate per FDA-approved labeling and/or AASLD/IDSA guidelines (see table 6)
- prescriber attests member (or guardian) educated on potential adverse effects of alcohol or IV drug abuse including risk of misuse, abuse, and addiction
- if member has alcohol use disorder, IV drug abuse, or substance abuse within past 6 months, prescriber attests an offer of referral for substance abuse treatment and care management was made
- appropriate RASs testing performed based on agent and genotype
- if request is for a non-preferred product, member has contraindication or is not a candidate for all preferred regimens
Approval duration
per recommended treatment duration; up to 12 weeks (84 days) unless regimen requires longer per Table 6