UniCare Provider Resources

The following Preferred Practice Guidelines for West Virginia Medicaid Managed Care are available to our providers:

• Asthma:
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
    Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma.
    http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
• Chlamydia:
  • Center for Disease Control
    Chlamydia Treatment and Guidelines website
    http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/chlamydiaInfo.htm
• Diabetes:
  • American Diabetes Association
    Clinical Practice Recommendations
    http://www.diabetes.org/for-health-professionals-and-scientists/cpr.jsp
• JNC VII-Treatment of Hypertension:
  • National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
    High Blood Pressure Guidelines (JNC VII)
    http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/index.htm
• HPV:
  • Center for Disease Control
    Human Papillomavirus(HPV) Infection
    http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/default.htm
• Smoking Cessation:
  • Treating tobacco use and dependence. A clinical practice guideline: http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=2360&nbr=1586&string=smoking+AND+cessation
  • Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy- Guidelines for Intervention, Washington State Department of Health: http://www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/mch/documents/CessationFinal_122.pdf
  • American Academy of Pediatrics:
    Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs: The Role of the Pediatrician in Prevention and Management of Substance Abuse: http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics%3b101/1/125