Practice Guidelines

Mercy Care Plan/Mercy Care Advantage has selected certain practice guidelines for distribution to the provider network. These guidelines include treatment protocols for: Diabetes Asthma Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Major Depressive Disorder in Adults HIV Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Selected practice guidelines are distributed under a quality improvement/utilization management program in order to identify criteria for appropriate and effective use of health care services and consistency in the care provided to members and the general community. These guidelines are not intended to: Supplant the duty of a qualified health professional to provide treatment based on the individual needs of the patient; Constitute procedures for or the practice of medicine by the party distributing the guidelines; or, Guarantee coverage or payment for the type or level of care proposed or provided. We hope these guidelines will be helpful in clarifying standards and expectations. If you need a hard copy, please contact the Mercy Care Medical Director's office at (602) 263-3000 or (800) 624-3879.

Practice Guidelines
Disease Management Asthma Diabetes Mellitus Ambulatory Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) COPD Clinical Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Practice Guidelines (Last Updated 08/01/2006) Major Depressive Disorder in Adults in the Primary Care Setting: Child ADHD Child Anxiety Child Depression Adult ADHD Adult Anxiety Adult Depression Postpartum Depression HIV guidelines : www.aidsinfo.nih.gov ADHD: ADHD Evaluation Guidelines ADHD Treatment Guidelines ADHD Treatment Toolkit ADHD Management Plan Sample 1 ADHD Management Plan Sample 2 ADHD Diagnosis Overview NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scale - PARENT Informant NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Follow-up - TEACHER Informant Cover Letter to Teachers Primary Care Provider ADHD Monitoring Form Scoring Instructions for the NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scales
Immunization Schedule
2007 Childhood Immunization and Catch Up Schedules 2006 - 2007 Adult Immunization Schedule
Health Maintenance Guidelines
Preventive Health Care Guidelines for Adults  (Last Updated 06/01/2003) EPSDT Periodicity Schedule PEDS Tool

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