USPSTF/PPIP-Related Articles, August 29, 2014

America Health & Drug Benefits
Pyenson B, Henschke CI, Yip R, Dec E, Yankelevitz DF. Offering lung cancer screening to high-risk Medicare beneficiaries saves lives and is cost-effective: an actuarial analysis. Am Health Drug Benefits 2014 Aug; 7(5):272-82. [Discusses USPSTF recommendations on screening for lung cancer, citing USPSTF A and B Recommendations, as published on the USPSTF Web site.]

American Journal of Law & Medicine
Moncrieff AR, Padi M. Beyond payment and delivery reform: the individual mandate's cost-control potential. Am J Law Med 2014; 40(2-3):185-94. [Mentions provisions in the Affordable Care Act requiring coverage of preventive services recommended by the USPSTF, citing the USPSTF Web site.]

Journal of Family Practice
Kirchner JT. HIV screening: how we can do better. J Fam Pract 2014 Jul; 63(7):383-7. Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for HIV (Ann Intern Med, 2013).]

Journal of Thoracic Oncology
Field JK, Aberle DR, Altorki N, Baldwin DR, Dresler C, Duffy SW, Goldstraw P, Hirsch FR, Pedersen JH, de Koning HJ, et al. The International Association Study Lung Cancer (IASLC) Strategic Screening Advisory Committee (SSAC) response to the USPSTF recommendations. J Thorac Oncol 2014 Feb; 9(2):141-3. [Discusses USPSTF draft recommendations on screening for lung cancer (as published on the USPSTF Web site) and associated updated systematic review by Humphrey et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2013).] Select to view the abstract.

Journal of Women's Health
Esserman L, O'Kane ME. Moving beyond the breast cancer screening debate. J Womens Health 2014 Aug; 23(8):629. [Discusses USPSTF recommendations on screening for breast cancer.]

Gavin L, Moskosky S. Improving the quality of family planning services: the role of new federal recommendations. J Womens Health J Womens Health 2014 Aug; 23(8):636-41. [Mentions plans to conduct ongoing reviews of revisions to USPSTF recommendations and cites AHRQ-authored article by Shekelle, Ortiz, et al. (JAMA, 2001).] Select to view the abstract.

Farr SL, Denk CE, Dahms EW, Dietz PM. Evaluating universal education and screening for postpartum depression using population-based data. J Womens Health 2014 Aug; 23(8):657-63. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for depression in adults (Ann Intern Med, 2009) and AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Perinatal Depression: Prevalence, Screening Accuracy, and Screening Outcomes, 2005.]  Select to view the abstract.

Henry KA, McDonald K, Sherman R, Kinney AY, Stroup AM. Association between individual and geographic factors and nonadherence to mammography screening guidelines. J Womens Health 2014 Aug; 23(8):664-74. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for breast cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2009) and related articles.] Select to view the abstract.

OBG Management
Will open power morcelation of uterine tissue remain an option during hysterectomy and myomectomy? OBG Manag 2014 Aug; 26(8):22-26. [Notes the use of USPSTF guidelines for assessing quality of evidence and strength of recommendations for a position statement from the FDA-sponsored AAGL Tissue Extraction Task Force.]