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AmeriHealth Mercy encourages you to quit smoking cigarettes or using other tobacco products. AmeriHealth Mercy’s Tobacco Cessation Program is there to help members stop using tobacco products.
All AmeriHealth Mercy members are eligible for 70 tobacco cessation counseling sessions per calendar year. (Each session is a 15-minute face-to-face counseling session, in either individual or group formats.) Members do not need a referral or prior authorization to go to a counseling session. The provider holding the sessions must participate in the Medical Assistance Program and be approved by the Department of Health. Call Member Services to find the approved providers in your area.
Members who are eligible for prescription services may obtain tobacco cessation drug products, such as bupropion and the generic nicotine patch, with a written prescription from their health care provider. Only one regimen of these products is covered per calendar year. Regimen is a treatment period consisting of six consecutive months – an initial prescription with five prescription refills.
Members under 18 years of age can have a prescription for smoking cessation products without the permission of a parent or guardian.
For more information about AmeriHealth Mercy’s Tobacco Cessation Program, please call Member Services. For more information about pre-approved tobacco cessation facilities, visit www.health.state.pa.us. The Pennsylvania Free Quitline, 1-800 QUIT NOW (1-800-784-8669) is offered as a partnership between the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the American Cancer Society. |