Case Study/Profile | October 2020
This spotlight outlines how Minnesota leveraged the 6|18 Initiative to ensure uniform implementation of expanded tobacco cessation benefits required by a 2015 state law that aligned tobacco cessation medication and counseling coverage with Affordable Care Act requirements.
Brief/Report | May 2020
Describes an innovative health care provider-targeted media campaign conducted by the New York State Department of Health's Tobacco Control Program
Journal Article | October 2019
Examines the results from New York State Department of Health’s media campaign to increase provider-assisted quitting that was implemented in 2016.
Case Study/Profile | September 2019
Showcases each state’s eligibility criteria, rationale, key considerations for making changes to criteria, how changes were implemented, challenges, and successes.
Case Study/Profile | September 2019
Highlight how three states have developed cost-sharing partnerships with Medicaid.
Engagement/Education Material | June 2019
Details promotional approaches for engaging the state’s health care professionals and Medicaid members in order to increase utilization of mechanisms supporting tobacco cessation.
Engagement/Education Material | June 2019
Assesses: 1) approaches and perceptions among providers that may influence uptake of tobacco cessation for their Medicaid patients, and 2) preferred tools and resources that may aid providers in supporting appropriate tobacco cessation interventions, including Medicaid coding/billing.
Technical Assistance Tool | June 2019
Outlines specific measures that assess the impact of their communications campaign, specifically around the uptake of counseling and coverage benefits as well as the use of tobacco in the state.
Webinar | April 2019
Provides insight on state Medicaid benefits and coverage, as well as strategies to strengthen tobacco cessation and treatment efforts.
Brief/Report | December 2018
Examines the monetary value of programs or policies to determine whether the benefits from the program exceed its cost. In this case, WSIPP is looking at the benefit-cost summary of tobacco quitlines.
Case Study/Profile | June 2018
Highlights Colorado's efforts to expand access to tobacco cessation medications and services and to increase communications around provider and consumer benefits.
Case Study/Profile | June 2018
Highlights South Carolina's efforts to improve access to and use of tobacco cessation coverage across its fee-for-service Medicaid program and Medicaid managed care organizations.
Guide/Toolkit | June 2018
Provides guidance on considerations for implementing cessation coverage, removing policies that act as barriers to treatment, and communicating clearly about the benefit.
Technical Assistance Tool | June 2018
Includes performance improvement projects related to: controlling asthma, preventing diabetes, controlling high blood pressure, and reducing tobacco use.
Technical Assistance Tool | June 2018
Shares sample questions compiled from surveys used by Medicaid and public health programs across the country to gather information about tobacco cessation benefits from MCOs.
Engagement/Education Material | May 2018
Summarizes web, text, and app-based tobacco cessation tools available to patients via the Smokefree platform.
Engagement/Education Material | May 2018
Details covered cessation services, eligible providers, billing codes for counseling, definitions of physician extenders, referral program information, and links to managed care organization contacts.
Brief/Report | April 2018
Provides data on cessation coverage across all state Medicaid plans, as well as barriers to access.
Technical Assistance Tool | March 2018
Aims to increase Rhode Island health care providers' awareness and understanding of cessation pharmacotherapy and counseling benefits covered under fee-for-service Medicaid and the state's three Medicaid managed care plans.
Guide/Toolkit | February 2018
Provides guidance for working with Medicaid colleagues to make the case to cover the National Diabetes Prevention Program, including a “Creating a Budget Projection” template.