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Tobacco Addiction: Improve Patient Dental Health While Increasing Revenues
Educational Objectives
After completing this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Improve their knowledge about the 2023 CMS changes to behavioral health codes and general supervision.
- Successfully treat tobacco addiction.
- Increase dental office revenues treating tobacco-using patients.
Abstract
Tobacco addiction remains a pervasive issue, significantly impacting dental health and offering avenues for targeted, effective interventions in dental practices. Join this enlightening session to explore strategies that can both increase revenue streams and improve patient outcomes by leveraging the recent 2023 CMS alterations to behavioral health codes and general supervision regulations. Learn to adeptly navigate the landscape of tobacco addiction treatment, unveiling avenues to enhance your service offerings while fostering a practice grounded in sustainability and ethical healthcare. This session stands as a pathway to not only elevate your practice but to profoundly better the lives of your patients.
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Author Bio
Matthew P. Bars, MS, CTTS, NCTTP
Matt is the CEO of IntelliQuit, the world's first cloud-based biochemical nicotine monitor which leverages the power of smartphone technology, computer vision, neural network architecture, and machine learning. He has been engaged in the treatment, management, and administration of nicotine addiction services for over three decades and may have treated more tobacco dependent patients than anyone else in the United States. Matt is the co-developer and clinical director of the Tobacco Treatment Program of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) which enjoys a biochemically confirmed quit rate of approximately 70 percent at 10-year follow-up. He was also appointed the clinical director of the IQuit Smoking Program at RWJBarnabas Health-Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, NJ, and to their medical staff in 2011. In March 2013, he joined the faculty of St. George’s School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Matt is a past president of the Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence (www.ATTUD.org ). ATTUD is a non-profit global organization of providers dedicated to the promotion of and increased access to evidence-based tobacco treatment for the tobacco user. Since December 2006, he has been retained by the American College of Chest Physicians as a principal author for their Tobacco Treatment Toolkit–an on-line training and consultation document for pulmonologists and other clinicians worldwide. In 1994, Matt was retained as an expert consultant to the federal class action Castano tobacco litigation. This hallmark litigation resulted in the 300 billion-dollar, 46-State Attorneys General Master Settlement Agreement. Matt has also been called to testify before the FDA and the Center for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS) concerning various tobacco treatment topics. He was an adjunct faculty member of the Addictions Certification Program of Bergen County College teaching nicotine dependence theory and clinical practice and has functioned as a consultant to various pharmaceutical, medical diagnostics, and healthcare organizations. He also serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Smoking Cessation and the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
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Commercial Disclosure
This free Dental Learning presentation is made possible through the continued support of IntelliQuit. Matthew P. Bars, MS, CTTS, NCTTP is a consultant and/or speaker for the following companies and/or organizations: Dental Learning, IntelliQuit. Matthew P. Bars, MS, CTTS, NCTTP may receive an honorarium as compensation from the CE Supporter of this presentation and/or from Dental Learning for the time involved in preparing and delivering this online presentation.
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