A Purchaser's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Moving Science into Coverage
A Purchaser's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Moving Science into Coverage is an important resource on preventive services. Developed in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Purchaser's Guide translates clinical guidelines and medical evidence, providing large employers with the information they need to select, define, and implement preventive medical benefits such as colorectal cancer screening and tobacco use treatment.
A Purchasers' Guide to Clinical Preventive Services (full PDF)
Preface (A Message from Helen Darling) and Introduction
Acknowledgements
Sections include:
- Part 1: The Role of Clinical Preventive Services in Disease Prevention and Detection provides information for employers on improving beneficiary health and reducing healthcare costs through the implementation of a comprehensive and structured clinical preventive services benefit within a medical benefit plan.
- Part 2: Summary Plan Description (SPD) Language Statements for Recommended Clinical Preventive Service Benefits provides 46 condition-specific SPD language statements designed to assist benefits staff as they design, discuss, negotiate, and set benefit structures and coverage guidelines with a health plan, union, or consumer group.
- Part 3: Evidence-Statements for Recommended Clinical Preventive Service Benefits provides the scientific evidence behind each of the 46 screening, testing, counseling, immunization, preventive medication, and preventive treatment benefit recommendations.
- Part 4: The Prioritization of Clinical Preventive Services in a Strategic Implementation Plan provides practical advice and employer scenarios about the strategic implementation of benefits.
- Part 5: Clinical Preventive Services: C and D Recommendations and I Statements of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) provides information on clinical preventive services that were reviewed by the USPSTF, but not included in the Purchaser's Guide. This information may assist benefits staff in determining which clinical preventive services currently offered in their health plan(s) should be re-evaluated.
- Part 6: Leveraging Benefits: Opportunities to Promote the Delivery and Use of Preventive Services presents actions employers can take to strengthen prevention efforts by supporting or implementing public health interventions that may occur in the workplace and in communities.
- Part 7: Resources & Tools provides additional information for employers on clinical preventive services, "at a glance" guides to prevention throughout the lifespan, and other helpful tools.
- Condition Specific Information (46 Clinical Preventive Service Topics)
- Press Materials
The Purchaser’s Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Moving Science into Coverage was generously funded by a cooperative agreement from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All materials are in the public domain. When referencing the Purchaser’s Guide, please use the following citation:
Campbell KP, Lanza A, Dixon R, Chattopadhyay S, Molinari N, Finch RA, editors. A Purchaser’s Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Moving Science into Coverage. Washington, DC: National Business Group on Health; 2006.
For more information please contact healthservices@businessgrouphealth.org.
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