PAP Testing Guidelines: HEDIS versus USPSTF

Year: 2013

Resolution Number: 77

Action Taken: Approved as Amended

Status:

Author(s): John vanSchagen, MD

Sponsor: Domenic R. Federico, MD

On behalf of: Kent County Delegation

Committee: E (Science and Education Affairs)

Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That our AMA request that the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) address the issue regarding evidence-based cervical cancer screening for women with a cervix ages 30 to 65 as recommended by the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF); and be it furtherRESOLVED: That our AMA request that the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) address the need for quicker change in clinical guidelines when the scientific evidence supports such change.

Fiscal Note: NULL

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