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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/public-comments-and-nominations/nominate-recommendation-statement-topic
April 01, 2019 - The USPSTF Recommendations
The USPSTF rigorously evaluates clinical research to assess the benefits … The recommendations are meant to prevent the onset, spread of, or complications of disease. … The USPSTF makes recommendations about three types of clinical preventive services:
Screening tests … After deliberation, the USPSTF assigns one of five letter ratings to its recommendations: A, B, C, D … The goals in selecting topics for USPSTF Recommendations are:
To provide accurate and relevant recommendations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/announcements/behavioral-counseling-research-and-evidence-based-practice-recommendations-uspstf-perspectives
March 18, 2014 - Behavioral Counseling Research and Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations: USPSTF Perspectives … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) titled “Behavioral Counseling Research and Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations … The paper provides the USPSTF's perspective on developing evidence-based recommendations for behavioral … The paper frames these challenges within the context of two recent USPSTF recommendations: Counseling … www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/behavioral-counseling-research-and-evidence-based-practice-recommendations-us-preventive-services-task-force-perspectives
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/news
January 17, 2025 - The USPSTF is an independent panel of non-Federal experts that makes recommendations on clinical preventive … USPSTF recommendations apply to people with no signs or symptoms of the disease, and are based on a rigorous … To learn more about: The USPSTF and how it makes recommendations, select here . … Current USPSTF recommendations, select here . … USPSTF recommendations that are in progress, select here .
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/cgE3zg5rLQmwFLzHd3F3uz
May 01, 2012 - Understanding Task Force Recommendations: Preventing Falls in Older Adults
May 2012 Task Force FINAL … These recommendations are for adults ages 65 and
older who live in the community. … Here are the recommendations on preventing falls in older adults. … The recommendations
have letter grades. … And consider scientific recommendations, like this one from the
Task Force.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstf-who-we-are-how-we-work-2022.pdf
January 01, 2022 - About Task Force Recommendations
Task Force recommendations focus exclusively on preventive services … We keep our recommendations as current as possible by
routinely updating existing recommendations and … developing new recommendations. … Fundamentally, the Task Force’s recommendations are not recommendations for or against insurance coverage … All Task Force grade A and B recommendations can be found on Healthcare.gov.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/task-force-resources/uspstf-overview
April 01, 2021 - Task Force recommendations:
Apply to people without signs or symptoms of a specific disease or … The Task Force routinely updates its existing recommendations to reflect new evidence and adds new topics … Although the Affordable Care Act created a link between USPSTF recommendations and insurance coverage … requirements, the Task Force makes its recommendations based solely on the scientific evidence. … Task Force recommendations help healthcare providers and their patients know what works and does not
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/news?page=1
January 18, 2022 - The USPSTF is an independent panel of non-Federal experts that makes recommendations on clinical preventive … USPSTF recommendations apply to people with no signs or symptoms of the disease, and are based on a rigorous … To learn more about:
The USPSTF and how it makes recommendations, select here . … Current USPSTF recommendations, select here . … USPSTF recommendations that are in progress, select here .
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/news?page=2
April 28, 2020 - The USPSTF is an independent panel of non-Federal experts that makes recommendations on clinical preventive … USPSTF recommendations apply to people with no signs or symptoms of the disease, and are based on a rigorous … To learn more about:
The USPSTF and how it makes recommendations, select here . … Current USPSTF recommendations, select here . … USPSTF recommendations that are in progress, select here .
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-i
April 01, 2019 - appropriateness, and cost-effectiveness of clinical preventive services for the purpose of developing recommendations … for the health care community, and updating previous clinical preventive recommendations, to be published … Such recommendations shall consider clinical preventive best practice recommendations from the Agency … The duties of the Task Force shall include—
(A) the development of additional topic areas for new recommendations … —All members of the Task Force convened under this subsection, and any recommendations made by such members
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-i
April 01, 2019 - appropriateness, and cost-effectiveness of clinical preventive services for the purpose of developing recommendations … for the health care community, and updating previous clinical preventive recommendations, to be published … Such recommendations shall consider clinical preventive best practice recommendations from the Agency … The duties of the Task Force shall include—
(A) the development of additional topic areas for new recommendations … —All members of the Task Force convened under this subsection, and any recommendations made by such members
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-03/ahrq-support-of-the-uspstf-2025.pdf
January 01, 2025 - The Task Force works to
improve the health of all people nationwide by making
evidence-based recommendations … preventive
services such as:
l Screenings
l Behavioral counseling
l Preventive medications
These recommendations … Recommendations address only services offered in the
primary care setting or services referred by a … The Task Force makes recommendations to help
primary care clinicians and patients decide together whether … its methods
l Provides assistance with the promotion and dissemination of Task Force materials
and recommendations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstf-who-we-are-how-we-work_1.pdf
July 06, 2020 - About Task Force Recommendations
Task Force recommendations focus exclusively on preventive services … We keep our recommendations as current as possible by
routinely updating existing recommendations and … developing new recommendations. … Fundamentally, the Task Force’s recommendations are not recommendations for or against insurance coverage … All Task Force grade A and B recommendations can be found on Healthcare.gov.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstf-overview-fact-sheet-2021_0.pdf
January 01, 2021 - (USPSTF or Task
Force) works to improve the health of people nationwide by
making evidence-based recommendations … Task Force recommendations:
Apply to people without signs or symptoms of a specific
disease or condition … Although the Affordable Care Act created a link between USPSTF
recommendations and insurance coverage … requirements, the Task Force makes its recommendations based
solely on the scientific evidence. … Task Force recommendations help healthcare providers and their patients know what works and does not
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstf-overview-fact-sheet-2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - (USPSTF or Task
Force) works to improve the health of people nationwide by
making evidence-based recommendations … Task Force recommendations:
Apply to people without signs or symptoms of a specific
disease or condition … Although the Affordable Care Act created a link between USPSTF
recommendations and insurance coverage … requirements, the Task Force makes its recommendations based
solely on the scientific evidence. … Task Force recommendations help healthcare providers and their patients know what works and does not
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-01/understanding-how-uspstf-works-tf101-2025.pdf
January 01, 2025 - and the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Describe how the Task Force develops recommendations … Preventive Services Task Force…
• Makes recommendations based on rigorous review of existing
peer-reviewed … USPSTF Partners
• USPSTF Partners provide input on recommendations and facilitate
dissemination and … recommendations before submitting comments
https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/apps/
https … • Beyond final recommendations, the Task Force:
• Publishes a yearly Report to Congress to highlight
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/obstructive-sleep-apnea-adults-screening
March 29, 2022 - Screening
An Update for This Topic is In Progress
LAST UPDATED: Mar 29, 2022
The Task Force keeps recommendations … as current as possible by routinely updating existing recommendations and developing new recommendations … Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Understanding Task Force Draft Recommendations … Recommendation Development Process
The Task Force follows a multistep process when developing each of its recommendations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/skin-cancer-screening-1
October 19, 2022 - Screening
An Update for This Topic is In Progress
LAST UPDATED: Oct 19, 2022
The Task Force keeps recommendations … as current as possible by routinely updating existing recommendations and developing new recommendations … Screening for Skin Cancer: Understanding Task Force Draft Recommendations … Recommendation Development Process
The Task Force follows a multistep process when developing each of its recommendations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/task-force-resources/uspstf-and-public-engagement
April 01, 2021 - The USPSTF works to improve the health of people nationwide by making evidence-based recommendations … Recommendations address only services offered in the primary care setting or services referred by a primary … The Task Force is committed to making its recommendations clearer and its work as transparent as possible … The Task Force looks to the public during the final recommendation stage to share its recommendations … To assist with understanding of its recommendations, the Task Force develops a plain language consumer
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/reports-congress/seventh-annual-report-congress-high-priority-evidence-gaps-clinical-preventive-services
November 01, 2018 - These recommendations help clinicians and their patients make informed health care decisions. … The USPSTF also identified evidence gaps that prevent it from making recommendations for specific racial … The Task Force makes evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services to improve the … The Task Force comprehensively assesses evidence and makes recommendations about the effectiveness of … Congress requests that the USPSTF identify evidence gaps that prevent it from making recommendations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/elevated-blood-lead-levels-in-childhood-and-pregnancy-screening
April 30, 2024 - Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children and Pregnant Women: Screening
Recommendations … duplicate the investment of resources made by others to review the evidence on this topic and make recommendations … and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention (ACCLPP) has made recommendations … The CDC has also made recommendations on screening for lead levels in pregnant persons (2). … The CDC’s recommendations on screening and testing for elevated lead levels in children and pregnant