HHS Postpones Preventive Services Task Force Meetings, Plans August Reboot with Eight New Members
The Department of Health and Human Services will announce eight new members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and schedule the panel's first meeting in 17 months for late August. HHS canceled four prior meetings, removed two vice chairs in May, and allowed the 16-member panel to shrink to eight as terms expired without replacement. The task force grades preventive services that Medicaid expansion programs and most private insurers must cover without cost-sharing when rated A or B. Recommendations on prostate cancer screening, weight loss counseling, cervical cancer screening, perinatal depression, and alcohol abuse await votes or formal publication.
Medicaid expansion programs must cover task force A- and B-rated services without cost-sharing, so delays in recommendations and potential shifts in panel composition could affect covered benefits, member access to preventive care, and state plan compliance timelines.
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