Tobacco Cessation Program

Description

The MOQC Tobacco Cessation initiative aims to help providers and patients with resources to help with tobacco cessation efforts. The initiative partners with practices to ensure proper documentation is kept to address which resources are needed for patients in the unique stage of their quit journey.

Practice Benefits

Free services for any patient diagnosed with cancer. Free services include:
- Free Nicotine Replacement Therapy
- Free behavioral modification telephonic counselling and follow up, including text messaging
- Access to negotiated services between MOQC practices & Quitline vendor
- Monthly practice reports from Quitline
- Prepared referral Fax sheets

Zero physician time or intervention required

Scripts for medical assistants and front-office/check in/check out staff to use

Office and examination room posters and patient information

De-identified comparative data for improvement

Michigan Programs

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Tobacco Cessation Project Requirements

Eligibility

Be a MOQC practice with a current participation agreement
Submit data per MOQC requirements
Provide care to Michigan adults (age 18 years and older) with a diagnosis of cancer
Can be a participant in a face-to-face tobacco cessation counselling program in addition to this program

Minimum Requirements

Participate for a minimum of 90 days (for oncologist to meet requirements for MIPS) but preferably for longer (e.g. months)
Leadership and active involvement by physician with plan/do/check/act cycle of improvement set forth in the MOQC approach for the project so that the oncologist, if required, can attest to project requirements for Maintenance of Certification for ABIM
Identify a leader
Small team of individuals based at a site interested in working with patients and their families in assisting them with quitting tobacco products; consider medical assistants, check in/check out staff, social workers and nurses
Attend a one-hour webinar/orientation (team)
Ability to work together to identify changes necessary to:
- Ask patients if they use tobacco products
- If they use tobacco products, to advise them to stop
- Refer them to the Michigan Quitline for free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) and behavioral modification telephonic counselling (note: this is free to Michigan residents with a diagnosis of cancer)

Ability to use pre-set materials that can be adapted to practice
Collection of baseline data based on 20 random charts with re-measurement after intervention has been implemented
Understand addiction and how to approach, communicate, and form a non-judgmental but supportive role with patients struggling with tobacco addiction
Passion for improving care in this population
Train a minimum of two individuals per site to ensure continuity and sustainability

Goal

To increase the number/proportion of patients that “quit” using tobacco products at a site or practice

More information about the measures:

CORE21aa

Smoking status/tobacco use documented in past year*

NQF Endorsed
#0028 (adapted)

CORE22aa

Smoking/tobacco use cessation counseling recommended to smokers/tobacco users in past year

NQF Endorsed
#0028 (adapted)

CORE22bb

Tobacco cessation counseling administered or patient referred in past year

NQF Endorsed
#0028 (adapted)

CORE23aa

Smoking/tobacco use cessation administered appropriately in the past year (defect-free measure, CORE21aa, CORE22aa, and CORE22bb)

NQF Endorsed
#0028 (adapted)

Tobacco Cessation Team

Mariem Ruiz Martinez, MBA
Senior Project Manager
mruizmar@med.umich.edu

Contact Information

For more information, please contact moqc@moqc.org

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