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   1. CLINICAL GUIDELINES
   2.    ASTHMA
   3.    CONGESTIVE HEART
         FAILURE (CHF)
   4.    CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE
         PULMONARY DISEASE
         (COPD)
   5.    DIABETES
   6.    DEPRESSION

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Asthma

Schaller Anderson, an Aetna Company has adopted the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Asthma. The new version became available in 2007. Summary report of the guidelines can be found at:

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/asthsumm.pdf

A change page describes changes made to the document since it was posted on the web in August 2007.

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/epr3-errata.htm

These 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 plan enrollees. The guidelines are not intended to: (i) supplant the duty of a qualified health professional to provide treatment based on the individual needs of a patient; (ii) constitute procedures for or practice of medicine by the party distributing the guidelines; or (iii) guarantee coverage payment for the type or level of care proposed or provided.

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