Preventive health guidelines

The preventive health guidelines for healthy children, adolescents and adults are organized by age groups into the following categories:

  • Immunizations
  • Screenings
  • Topics to discuss with your doctor
  • Injury prevention for all ages
  • Recommendations for a healthy pregnancy

Download preventive health guidelines in English (PDF, 276 KB)
Download preventive health guidelines in Spanish (PDF, 232 KB)

These guidelines are based on the recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
 

Preventive benefit policies

Learn about our preventive benefit policies and ensure preventive benefits are correctly configured and applied in the system with the right billing codes.

1B Preventive Health Services [Post USPSTF (Including women’s preventive)] (PDF, 1.6 MB)

Health Management programs

Find out about Blue Shield of California's health management programs available to eligible members with certain chronic conditions.

Learn about our programs for Blue Shield of California members

Learn about population health management program for Blue Shield Promise Medicare and Medi-Cal members

Wellvolution health and lifestyle programs

Learn about our personalized care programs helping Blue Shield of California members to improve their health, lose weight, reduce disease risk and feel better.

Learn about our programs

Health assessment guidelines for Blue Shield Promise Medi-Cal providers

Learn how to conduct an assessment, find patient questionnaires, forms and training materials.

Learn about health assessments for Medi-Cal patients

Health education for Blue Shield Promise providers

Blue Shield Promise assists its providers in meeting health education state requirements by providing them with appropriate materials to distribute to their patients. These multilingual materials are available in the state-mandated topics.

Find health education materials

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