Clinical Practice Guidelines
Meridian encourages the use of evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) by our providers. Our Quality Improvement Committee approves and adopts CPGs for prevention, diagnosis, and management of medical and behavioral health conditions. These guidelines are developed by nationally-recognized sources for the provision of acute, chronic, and behavioral health services relevant to populations served.
Meridian promotes implementation of these CPGs via dissemination among practitioners and uses numerous performance measures to provide feedback to achieve consistent and high-quality health outcomes for our members. CPGs are reviewed annually and updated as necessary by the Meridian Physician Advisory Committee (PAC) and approved by the Quality Improvement Committee and Board of Directors.
Medical Guidelines
These CPGs are the basis for our Disease Management and Behavioral Health programs. View and download PDFs of current medical service guidelines below.
Behavioral Health Guidelines
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Committee on Collaborative and Integrated Care and AACAP Committee on Quality issues, Clinical Update: Collaborative Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents in Pediatric Primary Care
- APA Work Group on Psychiatric Evaluation
- Illinois Department of Human Services Community Reintegration Program