DESCRIPTION
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST) has adopted the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services as our recommended best practice reference to clinical preventive services. This publication was developed by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) as part of an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and is endorsed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, and the Office of Public Health and Science, and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. The guide addresses the frequency and schedule of preventive health services when appropriate. BCBST also recommends the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Statement and Bright Futures a source for preventive health promotions recommendations for infants, children and adolescents. Among the preventive health care practice recommendations advocated by BCBST are the following:
Primary care services with an A or B recommendation by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
Immunizations recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices that have been adopted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Bright Futures recommendations for infants, children, and adolescents that are supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has created a direct link from our Web site to the above source. See hyperlink below to view the above source.
Guide to Clinical Preventive Services - http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/cps3dix.htm
Childhood Immunization Tool Kit - http://www.bcbst.com/providers/hcpr/Tool_Kit_Links.pdf
Bright Futures Recommendations - http://www.bcbst.com/providers/hcpr/Bright_Futures.pdf
ORIGINAL EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/20/2005
MOST RECENT REVIEW DATE: 1/25/2011
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