New Jersey: Promoting Increased Use of Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Benefits
Working to increase access to tobacco cessation treatments and promote treatments through a public awareness campaign.
Working to increase access to tobacco cessation treatments and promote treatments through a public awareness campaign.
Streamlining and increasing coverage of tobacco treatment and services, promoting use of covered treatment benefits, and addressing health disparities by improving access to tobacco treatment for people with behavioral health conditions.
Facilitating uniform tobacco cessation benefits for Medicaid enrollees and developing comprehensive provider and public awareness campaigns to promote covered benefits and services.
Highlights 6|18’s role in strengthening partnerships to increase access to and use of evidence-based tobacco cessation services for Medicaid beneficiaries.
Identifies several common approaches that state tobacco control programs may consider when pursuing pharmacotherapy reimbursements in partnership with their Medicaid agencies and quitline service providers.