U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is an independent panel of non-federal experts that conducts reviews of scientific evidence on preventive health care services. The USPSTF develops and publishes recommendations for primary care clinicians and health systems in the form of recommendation statements.

The preventive services that appear in this list are relevant to the Affordable Care Act. All of the recommended services receiving grades of A or B must be provided without cost-sharing when delivered by an in-network provider in the plan years (or, in the individual market, policy years) that begin on or after September 23, 2010. (For recommendations that have been in effect for less than one year, plans and issuers will have one year from the effective date to comply.)

The A and B recommendations of the USPSTF appear in the list linked to below. It includes a description of the topic, the text of the USPSTF recommendation, the grade the recommendation received (A or B), and the date the recommendation went into effect.

• Complete list of USPSTF Grade A and B recommendations
• See USPSTF Definitions of A and B grades
• Learn more about the USPSTF and the recommendation process, or comment on draft recommendation statements