U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Recommendations for Primary Care Practice

USPSTF A and B Recommendations by Date

Release Date of Current Recommendation	Topic	Grade	Alliance CBI 2021 Measure	HEDIS MY 2020 Measure
September 2017*	Vision screening: children 6months to 5 years	B
June 2017*	Obesity screening: children and adolescents	B	X	X
April 2017	Preeclampsia screening	B
January 2017*	Folic acid supplementation	A
November 2016*	Statin preventive medication: adults ages 40–75 years with no history of CVD, 1 or more CVD risk factors, and a calculated 10-year CVD event risk of 10% or greater	B
Oct-18	Intimate partner violence screening: women of childbearing age	B
October 2016*	Breastfeeding: Primary Care Interventions	B
September 2016	Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening	B
June 2016*	Colorectal cancer screening	A
June 2016*	Syphilis screening: Nonpregnant persons	A
April 2016*	Aspirin preventive medication: Adults aged 50 to 59 years with a ≥10% 10-year cardiovascular risk	B
February 2016*	Depression screening: Children & adolescents	B		X
January 2016*	Depression screening: Adults	B		X
October 2015*	Screening for Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus	B
October 2015*	Screening for High blood pressure in adults	A	X	X
September 2015*	Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults: Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions	A
September 2015*	Tobacco use counseling: Pregnant women	A
September 2014*	Chlamydia screening: Women	B	X	X
September 2014*	Gonorrhea screening: Women	B
January 2019*	Gonorrhea prophylactic medication: Newborns	A
September 2020	Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling	B
September 2014	Preeclampsia prevention: Aspirin	B
August 2014*	Healthy diet and physical activity counseling to prevent cardiovascular disease: Adults	B
December 2019	Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening	B
May 2014*	Dental caries prevention: infants and children up to age 5 years	B	X
May 2014	Hepatitis B screening: nonpregnant adolescents and adults	B
January 2014	Gestational diabetes mellitus screening	B
December 2013	Lung cancer screening	B
August 2019*	BRCA risk assessment and genetic counseling/testing	B
September 2019*	Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk	B
April 2020	Prevention and Cessation of Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Interventions	B
March 2020	Hepatitis C virus infection screening: Adolescent and adults	B
June 2019*	HIV screening: Nonpregnant adolescents and adults	A
June 2019*	HIV screening: Pregnant women	A
January 2018	Screening Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults	B
September 2018*	Weight Loss to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Behavioral Interventions	B
August 2018*	Falls prevention in older adults: Older adults	B
May 2012	Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling	B
August 2018*	Cervical cancer screening	A	X	X
June 2018*	Osteoporosis screening: Women	B
June 2018	Osteoporosis screening: Postmenopausal women younger than 65 years at increased risk of osteoporosis	B
January 2019*	Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: Preventive Medication	A
July 2019*	Hepatitis B screening: Pregnant women	A
September 2018*	Syphilis screening: Pregnant women	A
June 2016*	Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents	A
September 2019*	Bacteriuria screening: Pregnant women	B
February 2004	Rh incompatibility screening: First pregnancy visit	A	X	X
February 2004	Rh incompatibility screening: 24–28 weeks gestation	B
February 2019	Perinatal depression: Counseling and interventions	B
November 2018*	Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions	B	X
June 2020	Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis	A
April 2020	Prevention and Cessation of Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Interventions	B
June 2020	Screening for unhealthy drug use: Adolescents and adults	B
September 2019	Screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria in adults: Pregnancy	B
September 2002†	Breast cancer screening	B	X	X

†The Department of Health and Human Services, under the standards set out in revised Section 2713(a)(5) of the Public Health Service Act and Section 9(h)(v)(229) of the 2015 Consolidated Appropriations Act, utilizes the 2002 recommendation on breast cancer screening of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. To see the USPSTF 2016 recommendation on breast cancer screening, go to http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/RecommendationStatementFinal/breast-cancer-screening1

*Previous recommendation was an “A” or “B.” Updated 10/29/2020
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