HealthFirst: Smoking Cessation Counseling

Healthfirst has removed service limits on smoking cessation counseling (SCC) and instead will cover as many sessions as are medically necessary. For more details, read along.

Starting November 1, 2020, Healthfirst will remove service limits on smoking cessation counseling (SCC) and instead will cover as many sessions as are medically necessary. Previously, SCC services were limited to eight (8) sessions per calendar year. Impacted members were sent letters in early October notifying them of this benefit change.

Source: https://hfproviders.org/documents/root/Smoking-Cessation-Counseling_Provider-Alert_FINAL-10.9.pdf


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