Practice Guidelines
Preventive and clinical practice guidelines are based on the health needs and opportunities for improvement identified as part of the Quality Assurance Program Improvement (QAPI) program. Whenever possible, SilverSummit Healthplan adopts preventive and clinical practice guidelines that are published by nationally recognized organizations or government institutions as well as state-wide collaborative and/or a consensus of healthcare professionals in the applicable field.
SilverSummit Healthplan’s Clinical Practice and Preventive Health Guidelines are listed below. All guidelines are reviewed annually and when new scientific evidence or national standards are published, approved by SiverSummit’s Quality Improvement Committee, and disseminated to providers via SiverSummit’s Provider newsletter and targeted mailings. Paper copies are available upon request, by contacting SiverSummit’s Quality Improvement Department at:
SilverSummit Healthplan
ATTN: Quality Improvement Coordinator
2500 North Buffalo Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89128
SilverSummit Healthplan's Clinical Practice and Preventive Health Guidelines are also listed on our Secure Portal.
Behavioral Health
Guideline Title: ADHD: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents. (Published online October 16, 2011; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2654)
Recognized Source: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
URL: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2011/10/14/peds.2011-2654.full.pdf+html
Review Approval Date: Jun-15, Jun-16
Guideline Title: Clinical Practice Guideline: Treatment of the School-Aged Child with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Pediatrics Vol. 108 No. 4 October 1, 2001 pp. 1033 -1044)
Recognized Source: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
URL: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/108/4/1033.full?sid=6dac3588-095c-49c7-adc5-62643dc1641a
Review Approval Date: Jun-15, Jun-16
Guideline Title: Practice Parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AACAP Revised: 7/2007)
Recognized Source: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
URL: http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(09)62182-1/pdf
Review Approval Date: Jul-15, Jun-16
Guideline Title: Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with anxiety disorders (Revised: 2/2007)
Recognized Source: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
URL: http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(09)61838-4/pdf
Review Approval Date: Jul-15, Jun-16
Guideline Title: Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Bipolar Disorder. Second Edition. (April 2002) and Guideline Watch (November 2005)
Recognized Source: American Psychiatric Association (APA)
URL: http://psychiatryonline.org/guidelines
Review Approval Date: Jul-15, Jun-16
Guideline Title: Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with bipolar disorder.(Revised: 1/2007)
Recognized Source: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
URL: http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(09)61968-7/pdf
Review Approval Date: Jul-15, Jun-16
Guideline Title: Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Major Depressive Disorder. Third Edition. (2010)
Recognized Source: American Psychiatric Association (APA)
URL: http://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/mdd.pdf
Review Approval Date: Jun-15, Jun-16
Guideline Title: Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with depressive disorders (Revised 11/2007)
Recognized Source: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
URL: http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(09)62053-0/pdf
Review Approval Date: Jul-15, Jun-16
Guideline Title: Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with oppositional defiant disorder. (1/2007)
Recognized Source: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
URL: http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(09)61969-9/pdf
Review Approval Date: Jul-15, Jun-16
Guideline Title: Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Panic Disorder. Second Edition. (January 2009)
Recognized Source: American Psychiatric Association (APA)
URL: http://psychiatryonline.org/guidelines
Review Approval Date: Jul-15, Jun-16
Guideline Title: Practice parameter for the psychiatric assessment and management of physically ill children and adolescents. (February 2009)
Recognized Source: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
URL: http://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Resources_for_Primary_Care/
Practice_Parameters_and_Resource_Centers/Practice_Parameters.aspx
Review Approval Date: Jun-16
Guideline Title: The Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Schizophrenia. Second Edition.(April 2004) and Guideline Watch(September 2009)
Recognized Source: American Psychiatric Association (APA)
URL: http://psychiatryonline.org/guidelines
Review Approval Date: Jul-15, Jun-16
Guideline Title: The Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. (November 2004) and Guideline Watch (March 2009)
Recognized Source: American Psychiatric Association (APA)
URL: http://psychiatryonline.org/guidelines
Review Approval Date: Jun-15, Jun-16
Guideline Title: Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Substance Use Disorders(May 2006) and Guideline Watch (April 2007)
Recognized Source: American Psychiatric Association (APA)
URL: http://psychiatryonline.org/guidelines
Review Approval Date: Jul-15, Jun-16
Guideline Title: Practice parameter for the use of psychotropic medication in children and adolescents (9/2009)
Recognized Source: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
URL: http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(09)60156-8/pdf
Review Approval Date: Jul-15, Jun-16
Guideline Title: Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy (Obstet Gynecol 2010; 116: 1241-4)
Recognized Source: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
URL: http://www.acog.org/Resources-And-Publications/Committee-Opinions/Committee-on-Health-Care-for-Underserved-Women/Smoking-Cessation-During-Pregnancy
Review Approval Date: Jul-15, Jun-16
Guideline Title: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 update (May 2008)
Recognized Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Public Health Service
URL: http://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/tobacco/clinicians/update/treating_tobacco_use08.pdf
Review Approval Date: Jun-15, Jun-16
Guideline Title: Practice parameter for the use of psychotropic medication in children and adolescents (9/2009)
Recognized Source: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
URL: http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(09)60156-8/pdf
Review Approval Date: Jul-15, Jun-16