Evolving Evidence Reviews

Evolving Evidence Reviews are designed to help clients develop policies and manage prior authorizations. Evolving Evidence Reviews are useful when a technology moves beyond emerging but the literature is not mature enough for a full Health Technology Assessment. Evolving Evidence Reviews provide a full-text appraisal of clinical studies, systematic reviews, and clinical practice guidelines as they relate to a specific health technology. Evolving Evidence Reviews provide Levels of Support indicated by these types of evidence. They also provide information on regulatory status, payer policies, and Hayes Insights.

Masculinizing Voice and Communication Therapy for Gender Dysphoria

This report addresses whether full-text clinical studies, systematic reviews, and clinical practice guidelines and position statements support the use of masculinizing voice and communication therapy for improvement in quality of life (QOL) or patient-reported measures of voice satisfaction or comfort, vocal skills, or voice masculinity for individuals with gender dysphoria (…

Feminizing Voice and Communication Therapy for Gender Dysphoria

This report addresses whether full-text clinical studies, systematic reviews, and clinical practice guidelines and position statements support the use of feminizing voice and communication therapy for improvement in quality of life (QOL) or patient-reported measures of voice satisfaction or comfort, vocal skills, or voice femininity for individuals with gender dysphoria (GD)….

Hybrid Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation With Osteochondral Autograft Transfer System for Treatment of Osteochondral Defects of the Knee in Adults

This report addresses whether full-text clinical studies, systematic reviews, and clinical practice guidelines and position statements support the use of the hybrid autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI)/osteochondral autograft transfer system (OATS) procedure for treatment of osteochondral defects of the knee in adults. This report does not evaluate ACI or OATS as standal…

Axon Therapy (Neuralace Medical Inc.) for Chronic Nerve Pain

This report addresses whether full-text clinical studies, systematic reviews, and clinical practice guidelines and position statements support the use of Axon Therapy (NeuraLace Medical Inc.) for the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain in adults.

Aduhelm (Aducanumab) for Early-Stage/Mild Alzheimer Disease

This report addresses whether full-text clinical studies, systematic reviews, and clinical practice guidelines and position statements support the use of aducanumab (Aduhelm; Biogen Inc.) for the treatment of patients with early-stage Alzheimer disease and mild cognitive symptoms.

External Female Catheters

This report addresses whether full-text clinical studies, systematic reviews, and clinical practice guidelines and position statements support the use of external urinary catheters in inpatient hospital or residential care settings to reduce the incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in patients with female genitalia and urinary incontinence (UI).