| Subject: | CMS Smoking and Tobacco-use Cessation Counseling Benefit |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Fri, 26 May 2006 - 10:00 am |
| Many healthcare providers are unaware that the CMS Medicare benefit covers smoking and tobacco-use counseling. Older smokers have demonstrated more success than younger smokers in attempts to quit smoking and they respond favorably to their provider's advice to quit smoking. Medicare provides coverage of smoking and tobacco-use counseling for patients who are:
Medicare beneficiaries
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