"BCBS Diagnostic Ultrasound Policy Reversal I have been informed of the following policy change by Dr. Allan Chernov, Medical Director of BlueCrossBlueShield of Texas: "The Medical Policy Medical Directors (MPMDs) of Health Care Service…"

"Ms. Woletz, Below is a copy of the letter that I sent to Dr. Chernov @ BCBSTX in November 2009. I have yet to receive a response. This letter was written from a podiatric perspective. It offers a spirited discussion and refutation of BCBS's…"

"I suggest that AIUM president Harvey Nisembaum send a copy of his letter to Allan Chernov, MD, Medical Director of BCBSTX, and who also oversees the medical directors for Illinois, Oklahoma and New Mexico. Dr. Chernov may be contacted…"

"BCBSTX is part of a consortium including Illinois, New Mexico and Oklahoma. In November 2009, the reclassified Nonoperative Spinal/Paraspinal Ultrasound in Adults AND MSK diagnostic ultrasound of the extremities as "experimental,…"