Medical Economics January 22, 2024
Richard Payerchin

Panel makes recommendations on screenings in primary care.

Three new physicians have begun four-year terms on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).

They join the 16-member panel that reviews evidence and makes recommendations about clinical preventive services, including screenings and counseling. Its members come from preventive medicine and primary care, including internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, behavioral health, obstetrics and gynecology, and nursing. The panel is independent, but convened and supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

USPSTF is seeking nominations by March 15 for new members to start terms in January 2025. Details about the nomination process are available online.

USPSTF published these brief biographies in its...

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