Practice Alert Podcast

A quick guide to PrEP: Steps to take & insurance coverage changes to watch for

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This month, Dr. Campos-Outcalt provides a practical framework for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis efforts, including tests you’ll need to order, medications at your disposal, follow-up steps to take, and details on which of your patients may no longer have out-of-pocket costs for their PrEP regimens.


 

References

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Estimated HIV incidence and prevalence in the United States, 2010–2016. HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report. 2019;24. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/reports/hiv-surveillance.html. Published February 2019. Accessed January 17, 2020.
  2. US Public Health Service. Preexposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV infection in the United States—2017 update: a clinical practice guideline. CDC Web Site. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/risk/prep/cdc-hiv-prep-guidelines-2017.pdf. Published March 2018. Accessed January 17, 2020.
  3. US Preventive Services Task Force. Final recommendation statement: prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: preexposure prophylaxis. https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/RecommendationStatementFinal/prevention-of-human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pre-exposure-prophylaxis. Published June 2019. Accessed January 17, 2020.
  4. Campos-Outcalt D. A look at new guidelines for HIV treatment and prevention. J Fam Pract. 2018;67:768-772.

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