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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/from-topic-nomination-to-clinical-practice-resources-overview.pdf
June 01, 2021 - • The preventive service can be provided by or
referred by a primary care clinician. … Task Force Grades
Grade Definition
A
The USPSTF recommends the service. … B
The USPSTF recommends the service. … C
D
The USPSTF recommends against the service. … Covers scope of review and benefits and harms of the preventive service.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/grade-definitions
October 01, 2018 - the service (2012). … Offer or provide this service.
B
The USPSTF recommends the service. … Offer or provide this service. … Offer or provide this service.
B
The USPSTF recommends the service. … Offer or provide this service only if other considerations support the offering or providing the service
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/apps/gradedef.jsp
July 01, 2012 - providing the service (2012). … Offer or provide this service.
B
The USPSTF recommends the service. … Offer or provide this service. … Offer or provide this service only if other considerations support the offering or providing the service … Discourage the use of this service.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/public-comments-and-nominations/nominating-recommendation-statement-topics/new-topic
June 22, 2025 - xxx-xxx-xxxx
— or —
Email
name@company.com
Topic Details
New Preventive Service … You Are Nominating
Rationale for Topic
What category or categories does this service … Preventive medication
Counseling
Primary Care Relevance
The preventive service … Is this service:
Provided in the primary care setting
Referable from a primary care setting … Include burden of disease and suffering and the potential of preventive service to reduce that burden
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-7-formulation-task-force-recommendations
June 21, 2025 - Offer or provide this service.
B
The USPSTF recommends the service. … Offer or provide this service. … Offer or provide this service for selected patients depending on individual circumstances. … D
The USPSTF recommends against the service. … Discourage the use of this service.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-06/USPSTF-cost-considerations-2025-update.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Task Force recommendations are based
on the benefits and harms, not the cost,
of the service. … in Determining
Recommendation Grades
The Task Force does not consider the costs of a preventive
service … The Task Force’s mission is to assess the available evidence on a particular clinical preventive service … quality and strength of the available evidence about the potential
benefits and harms of the preventive service … clinicians to discuss values and preferences with patients when
determining whether or not to provide a service
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/files/preventiontaskforce_data_api_wi.pdf
November 17, 2020 - Prevention TaskForce API Implementation
The Prevention TaskForce API is a web service that returns … A fallback if a general rationale is not provided
• servFreq (optional) frequency of service
• riskName … ] to eligible patients. ",
"The USPSTF recommends the service. … provide [the service] to eligible patients. ",
"The USPSTF recommends the service.” … ]. ",
"The USPSTF recommends against routinely providing the service."
],
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/public-comments-and-nominations/nominate-recommendation-statement-topic
April 01, 2019 - asymptomatic people -people without signs or symptoms of the conditions targeted by the preventive service … The USPSTF reviews the evidence for a preventive service to determine its effectiveness, measured by … For the USPSTF to consider a preventive service effective, benefits must outweigh the harms, or burdens … experienced as a result of the service. … Topic Nomination for USPSTF Recommendations A topic nomination may: Suggest a new preventive service
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstf-cost-considerations-fact-sheet-2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Task Force recommendations are based
on the benefits and harms, not the cost,
of the service. … Factor in Determining
Recommendation Grades
The Task Force does not consider the costs of a preventive
service … The Task Force’s mission is to assess the available evidence on a particular clinical preventive service … quality and strength of the available evidence about the potential
benefits and harms of the preventive service … clinicians to discuss values and preferences with patients when
determining whether or not to provide a service
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstf-cost-considerations-fact-sheet-2021_0.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Task Force recommendations are based
on the benefits and harms, not the cost,
of the service. … Factor in Determining
Recommendation Grades
The Task Force does not consider the costs of a preventive
service … The Task Force’s mission is to assess the available evidence on a particular clinical preventive service … quality and strength of the available evidence about the potential
benefits and harms of the preventive service … clinicians to discuss values and preferences with patients when
determining whether or not to provide a service
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/evidence-based-prevention-resource-nurse-practitioners
April 01, 2019 - against providing the service). … Offer or provide this service. B The USPSTF recommends the service. … Offer or provide this service only if other considerations support the offering or providing the service … D The USPSTF recommends against the service. … Discourage the use of this service.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-3-topic-work-plan-development
June 22, 2025 - In order to answer the relevant questions about a clinical preventive service, the EPC review team usually … In short, they do not depict the "mechanism of action" for a preventive service. … The fact that a preventive service has a proven effect on an intermediate outcome does not necessarily … When data are available and relevant to decisions about the preventive service delivery, the Task Force … This burden is the ultimate target of implementing the preventive service.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/use-decision-models-development-evidence-based-clinical-preventive-services-recommendations
May 01, 2019 - Offer/provide this service.
B
The USPSTF recommends the service. … Offer/provide this service. … D
The USPSTF recommends against the service. … Discourage the use of this service. … These studies assess the effects of the preventive service on health outcomes.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/wAvC6HSumLETsanNkHHXu9
April 01, 2011 - Offer/provide this service.
B The USPSTF recommends the service. … Offer/provide this service.
C The USPSTF recommends against routinely providing the
service. … the service to an
individual patient. … D The USPSTF recommends against the service. … Discourage the use of this service.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-06/understanding-how-USPSTF-works_TF101_Updated-2025.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Grade Definition
A
The USPSTF recommends the service. … B
The USPSTF recommends the service. … C
The USPSTF recommends selectively offering or providing this service to individual patients
based … D
The USPSTF recommends against the service. … There is moderate or high certainty that the
service has no net benefit or that the harms outweigh
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-01/understanding-how-uspstf-works-tf101-2025.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Grade Definition
A
The USPSTF recommends the service. … B
The USPSTF recommends the service. … C
The USPSTF recommends selectively offering or providing this service to individual patients
based … D
The USPSTF recommends against the service. … There is moderate or high certainty that the
service has no net benefit or that the harms outweigh
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-06/understanding-how-uspstf-works-tf101-updated_2025.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Grade Definition
A
The USPSTF recommends the service. … B
The USPSTF recommends the service. … C
The USPSTF recommends selectively offering or providing this service to individual patients
based … D
The USPSTF recommends against the service. … There is moderate or high certainty that the
service has no net benefit or that the harms outweigh
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-5-modeling
July 05, 2017 - The Task Force uses modeling only when there is direct evidence of the benefit of a preventive service … , how frequently to repeat the service, and the best or equally appropriate choices among different ways … of delivering the service. … The purpose of either of these is to estimate the population impact of a given preventive service. … Has benefit for this clinical preventive service been established ?
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/3sRxNWXGCLdKb_BpT2CqWF
May 23, 2019 - B The USPSTF recommends that clinicians routinely provide [the
service] to eligible patients. … C The USPSTF makes no recommendation for or against routine
provision of [the service]. … The USPSTF found at least fair
evidence that [the service] can improve health outcomes but
concludes … D The USPSTF recommends against routinely providing [the service]
to asymptomatic patients. … Evidence that the [service] is effective is lacking, of poor
quality, or conflicting, and the balance
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/RaBrLyur6uTNS8-_nyysj2
April 01, 2009 - Offer/provide this service.
B The USPSTF recommends the service. … Offer/provide this service.
C The USPSTF recommends against routinely providing the service. … Offer/provide this service only if other considerations
support offering or providing the service in … D The USPSTF recommends against the service. … Discourage the use of this service.