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   1. CLINICAL GUIDELINES
   2.    ASTHMA
   3.    CONGESTIVE HEART
         FAILURE (CHF)
   4.    CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE
         PULMONARY DISEASE
         (COPD)
   5.    DIABETES
   6.    DEPRESSION - For Missouri
         Care Members only

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COPD Guidelines

Schaller Anderson, an Aetna Company has adopted the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) updated 2010 version of Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - 2010. The complete report can be found at:

http://www.goldcopd.org/guidelines-global-strategy-for-diagnosis-management.html

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 nor 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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