The Center for Smoking Cessation at Seton Health covers an eight-county region including Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Greene, Columbia, Schoharie, Otsego and Delaware Counties. The Center addresses and treats tobacco dependence to prevent premature death from many chronic conditions including heart disease, stroke, pulmonary diseases and lowers the risk of certain cancers. To combat these diseases, The Center for Smoking Cessation at Seton Health provides educational and supportive programs and services to health care professionals and members of the community.
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NEW YORK STATE’S MEDICAID PROGRAM EXPANDS COVERAGE OF SMOKING CESSATION COUNSELING
ALBANY, N.Y. – Effective April 1, 2011, Medicaid expanded coverage of smoking cessation counseling (SCC) to ALL Medicaid enrollees. Each Medicaid enrollee will be allowed 6 counseling sessions during any 12 continuous months which must be provided on a face-to-face basis. Smoking cessation counseling complements the use of prescription and non-prescription smoking cessation products. These products are also covered by Medicaid.
“This is a big deal,” said Michael Seserman, Director of Strategic Health Alliances for the American Cancer Society. “Preventing and reducing tobacco use are the most important public health actions that can be taken to improve the health of New Yorkers, and comprehensive smoking cessation coverage – which includes counseling and medication – works.”
Medicaid is government-funded health care that pays the medical expenses of people who are unable to pay some or all of their own medical expenses. Read more >>
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