“Tobacco Cessation Coverage: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2014”

The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) is pleased to invite you to our next free webinar, “Tobacco Cessation Coverage: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2014”, on May 15, 2014 at 1:00pm Eastern Time/ 10:00am Pacific Time (90 minutes).

We are honored to have Jennifer Singleterry, Director of National Health Policy at the American Lung Association, presenting on this topic for us.

Webinar Objectives: 

·         Explain major initiatives of the ACA, and identify areas that affect tobacco users

·         Identify tobacco cessation treatments covered for various populations in the state

·         Learn to implement changes to systems and practices that will help tobacco users quit and take advantage of new opportunities

REGISTER HERE:    https://cc.readytalk.com/r/35ndin4xmweb&eom

Additional resources [UPDATED]:

·         Recently released guidance by the Obama administration on tobacco cessation benefits available through the ACA (see Q5).

·         Press release from the American Lung Association on the new guidance

·         A report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and Breakaway Policy Strategies, “Eight Million and Counting: A Deeper Look at Premiums, Cost Sharing and Benefit Design in the New Health Insurance Marketplaces”

·         A report [PDF] by the North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC) answering the question, “How can we most effectively maximize the impact of the Affordable Care Act on access to, and coverage of, tobacco cessation for Medicaid enrollees?”

 Accreditation:

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the webinar activity.

Participants who join the LIVE session, on May 15, 2014, can claim CME/CEU credit for $35 per certificate. You will receive instructions on how to claim credit via the post webinar email.

Don’t need to claim CME/CEUs?  SCLC issues free certificates of attendance for those who want contact hours only.

Please feel free to forward this announcement to your colleagues.  For questions, contact Jennifer Matekuare, SCLC Operations Manager, at jmatekuare@medicine.ucsf.edu, or call toll-free (877) 509-3786.  This webinar will be recorded and may be viewed online on the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center’s website after the presentation.