Tobacco Counseling Documentation

Tobacco Counseling Documentation Many healthcare providers perform tobacco use counseling, but they may not be documenting or reporting it appropriately. Providers must ensure all performed services are claimed and supported by complete [...]

Clinical Guidelines and Recommendations

Clinical Guidelines and Recommendations Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence All health care providers, especially those with direct patient contact, have a unique opportunity to help tobacco users quit. Smokers cite a doctor's advice to quit [...]

Rural Health Clinic

Rural Health Clinic Table of Contents Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use Diagnosis Coding Billing RHC for Smoking and Tobacco Cessation Services Billing Multiple Visits on the Same Day Related Content [Return to Top] [...]

Tobacco and Health Effects

Tobacco and Health Effects Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in the United States. Tobacco dependence is a chronic, relapsing disorder that, like other chronic diseases, often requires repeated [...]

Benefits of Quitting

Benefits of Quitting Table of Contents Benefits of Quitting Health Benefits of Quitting Smoking Economical Benefits of Quitting Smoking Related Content [Return to Top] Benefits of Quitting Quitting tobacco use in any form is one of [...]

Lung Cancer Screening Counseling and Annual Screening for Lung Cancer with Low-Dose Computed Tomography

Preventive Services Guide Lung Cancer Screening Counseling and Annual Screening for Lung Cancer with Low-Dose Computed Tomography Table of Contents Lung Cancer Screening Counseling and Annual Screening for Lung Cancer with Low-Dose [...]

Federally Qualified Health Center

Federally Qualified Health Center Table of Contents Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use Diagnosis Coding Billing FQHC for Smoking and Tobacco Cessation Services Related Content [Return to Top] Counseling to Prevent Tobacco [...]

Local Coverage Determination Retirement

Local Coverage Determination Retirement An LCD is a policy decision made by a MAC concerning whether to allow coverage of a particular item or service. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Internet-Only Manual Publication 100-08, [...]

Lab National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) Alphabetical Index

Pneumococcal Vaccine and Administration

Preventive Services Guide Pneumococcal Vaccine and Administration Pneumonia affects approximately 450 million people globally (seven percent of the population) and results in about four million deaths per year. Pneumonia was regarded by [...]