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Tobacco Use Treatment
- Tobacco Use Treatment
- Screening
- Coverage begins at age 18 (coverage provided for younger populations depending on medical need)
- Eligible at every medical encounter
- Counseling
- Brief counseling (in-person) and intensive counseling (in-person or telephonic)
- 2 courses of 6 counseling session each calendar year (total of 12 sessions per year)
- Treatment
- All FDA-approved nicotine replacement products and tobacco cessation medications, as prescribed by a clinician
Notes:
Presenter: Kathryn
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