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On May 16, 2006, the National Commission on Prevention Priorities, HealthPartners Research Foundation and Partnership for Prevention unveiled new research that ranks 25 preventive health care services proven to be effective based on the clinical health benefit ( or number of lives saved and increased quality of life ) and cost-effectiveness ( or the costs necessary to achieve health benefits ). The report, Priorities for Americas Health: Capitalizing on Life-Saving, Cost-Effective Preventive Services, finds that colorectal cancer screening, smoking cessation interventions, Chlamydia screening and pneumococcal immunizations are the most beneficial to health and the most cost-effective, yet are being delivered to less than half of Americans. Learn more about all of the findings in the Executive Summary. This research is important because health plans, providers, purchasers, policymakers and patients need evidence-based information to help them make the best decisions about their health care. For many years, we have been taught that every preventive service is worthy of our attention. The reality is that limited time and constrained budgets make doing everything impossible. The rankings will help us make better decisions. If they are followed in clinical practice, the result will be better health for more Americans and rational and evidence-based curtailed health care spending. The Alliance of Community Health Plans, Partnership for Prevention and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have joined together to promote this important new research. Read more about our project at the links below. For additional information about ACHP's project in support of the new preventive services rankings, please contact John Spiegel at 202.785.2247 or jspiegel@achp.org. ACHP Op-Ed in Modern Healthcare on New Clinical Preventive Services Rankings ( June 2006 ) ( Displayed with permission of Modern Healthcare. Copyright Crain Communications Inc, 2006. 2006. www.modernhealthcare.com ) Priorities for Americas Health: Capitalizing on Life-Saving, Cost-Effective Preventive Services National Business Coalition on Health Presentation on Promoting High-Value Clinical Preventive Services ( November 2006 ) Midwest Business Group Presentation on Health Preventive Service Benchmarking ( November 2006 ) A Purchaser's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: An Employers Toolkit. Prepared by the National Business Group on Health. Log-In Information for ACHP Members Please use the 2010 password for both Member Login and Password. If you need assistance, please email ahelms@achp.org.