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April 01, 2019 - —The Secretary shall establish a minimum interval between the date on which a recommendation described … guideline under subsection (a)(3) is issued and the plan year with respect to which the requirement described … in subsection (a) is effective with respect to the service described in such recommendation or guideline … —The interval described in paragraph (1) shall not be less than 1 year.
SEC. 4105. … section; and
''(2) provide that no payment shall be made under this title for a preventive service described
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/chronic-kidney-disease-screening
January 19, 2023 - cotransporter-2 inhibitors
Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist
Statins
Screening tests and treatments not described … intensive vs. less intensive treatment (management of blood pressure or dyslipidemia)
Comparisons not described … Sensitivity
Specificity
Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve
Outcomes not described … Controlled observational studies
KQs 3, 3a: Studies reporting diagnostic accuracy
Study designs not described
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July 13, 2023 - cotransporter-2 inhibitors
Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist
Statins
Screening tests and treatments not described … intensive vs. less intensive treatment (management of blood pressure or dyslipidemia)
Comparisons not described … Sensitivity
Specificity
Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve
Outcomes not described … Controlled observational studies
KQs 3, 3a: Studies reporting diagnostic accuracy
Study designs not described
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June 01, 2018 - Academy of Medicine's (formerly the Institute of Medicine) recommendations for guideline development, as described
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March 01, 2004 - Included
studies described the study sample, the screening
instrument or procedure, the abuse or neglect … A limited
number of studies described the performance of
screening methods, such as self-administered … Instruments and scoring
procedures included in these studies are described
in Appendix 4.49,51–53
Few … Interventions are
dissimilar between studies and often inadequately
described. … fair
quality are described in the text.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/child-maltreatment-counseling-2004
March 09, 2004 - Included studies described the study sample, the screening instrument or procedure, the abuse or neglect … A limited number of studies described the performance of screening methods, such as self-administered … Instruments and scoring procedures included in these studies are described in Appendix 4 . 49 , 51-53 … Interventions are dissimilar between studies and often inadequately described. … or fair quality are described in the text.
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Interventions: Support
interventions described
above that are tailored to
meet the needs of
populations … Breastfeeding measures should be
described by duration, intensity,
exclusivity, and mode of breast
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July 01, 2017 - Interventions: Interventions should be shown in columns and described.
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July 01, 2017 - The number of studies (k) and number of participants (n) for each study design should be described within … in the body of evidence from what is desired to answer the overall key question are qualitatively described
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/current-processes-refining-evidence-based-recommendation-development-table-2
June 01, 2007 - to Ensure Integrity a
Goal
Process
Transparency
Standardized methodology described
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/osteoporosis-screening-june-2018
November 05, 2015 - structural engineering models, and finite element analysis
KQs 4, 5: Interventions other than those described … morbidity and mortality
Bone density measures (t-score, z-score)
KQs 2–4: Outcomes other than those described
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June 01, 2018 - This is described in each recommendation statement in a section called “Research Needs and Gaps.”
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary35/lung-cancer-screening-2004
May 15, 2004 - For completeness, all studies are described in the tables; however, only studies rated of fair or better … quality are described in the text. … The rate of complications associated with biopsy was not described in the CT studies. … (Confidence interval has been described as the range of two values within which it is probable that the … Relative risk has been described as the ratio of the risk of an event among an exposed population to
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June 22, 2025 - All potential new topics enter the yearly prioritization process (described in Section 2.3 ).
2.3 … for the topic
Referred topics may be reactivated through the usual new topic nomination process (described … This LitWatch process is described in Appendix III .
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/how-to-read-recommendations-fact-sheet_0.pdf
July 22, 2020 - More detailed information about the methods and
processes used by the USPSTF is described in a JAMA
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2023-12/health-equity-framework-report.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Many of the processes and methods described below are already part of the USPSTF and EPC
procedures … Information on newly identified primary studies published since the
last review are described with … If mechanisms for
observed disparities are not obvious or well described, this may be important to … The CQs are not routinely described in the Methods section. … In addition, the credibility assessment of subgroup analyses should be
described in the Methods.
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November 01, 2013 - Sustained Health Behavior Change's is linked directly through another arrow parallel to the first arrow described
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December 01, 2015 - description of methods used to conduct a systematic evidence review may want to review the methods described
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May 01, 2004 - For completeness, all
studies are described in the tables; however, only
studies rated of fair or better … quality are described
in the text. … and pathologists blind to
study group
Johns
Hopkins38,68–72
Computer generated
randomization (not described … Adequate description;
greater number dropouts
in control group
Blinding not described;
nonsystematic … The rate of complications associated with biopsy
was not described in the CT studies.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening
November 14, 2019 - The update for this topic will be conducted using rapid synthesis procedures, as described in Section