Case Study: The Effect of Expanding Cessation Coverage— The Massachusetts Medicaid Cessation Benefit
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2014). CDC.
General
Helping Smokers Quit: Tobacco Cessation Coverage 2014
This report from the American Lung Association provides an overview of tobacco cessation coverage in Medicaid, state employee health insurance and other private insurance. It also discusses recent changes in the healthcare system, specifically Affordable Care Act requirements and puts tobacco cessation coverage in the context of the changing landscape of healthcare. The report shows how far the United States has come in helping smokers quit and how much still needs to be done to help smokers quit. As in previous years, the report includes appendices with state-specific data.
Managing Nicotine Withdrawal
From the University of Kentucky, Managing Nicotine Withdrawal provides free CME, CPE credit for healthcare providers interested in improving their skills treating tobacco dependence. A general overview and your choice of 5 specialty-focused modules provide up to 2 hours of credit. Expert clinicians in cardiology, orthopedics/trauma, oncology, neurology, and surgery present evidence-based, practical information tailored for treating patients with these various medical concerns.
Prevent Tobacco Use (CADCA)
The toolkit uses as its basis CADCA’s Seven Strategies for Effective Community Change, providing actions and strategies coalitions can use for each of the seven steps to achieve community change. The toolkit’s content is based on an environmental approach, with strategies aimed at changing or influencing community conditions, standards, institutions, structures, systems and policies.