Archived Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Discussion Group Calls and Webinars
PPP Discussion Group Call - The Evolving Cessation Evidence Base: Implications for Our Practice, Our Policies and Our Reach
This discussion focused on states’ successes and challenges of building internal support for public-private partnership efforts and contracting with experts in the field, dedicating FTE or utilizing interns to help advance the work. The discussion kicked-off
with Arizona, Colorado, Florida and North Carolina sharing their experiences followed by other Initiative states sharing their experiences.
Agenda, objectives, presentation recordingand slides are available here (this
page is accessible by members only).
Discussion Group Call - Expanding Cessation Coverage and Supporting State Quitline Capacity: 2014 CDC Best Practices Recommendations
After participating in this discussion listeners were able to:
- Identify ways 2014 Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control recommendations can support a state’s public-partnership cost-sharing efforts.
- Identify different approaches to working with employers, public and private insurers.
- Identify ways to offer quitline services to populations with the highest needs.
Agenda, objectives, presentation recordingand slides are available here (this page is accessible by members only).
Discussion Group Call - Expanding Cessation Coverage and Supporting State Quitline Capacity: Engaging Brokers and Leveraging the HHS Guidelines and Premium Differentials
- Participants gained an understanding of how brokers and their professional associations can assist in promoting comprehensive cessation coverage among employers.
- Participants were able to identify resources for educating employers and brokers on comprehensive cessation coverage.
- Participants gained an understanding of how to leverage the premium differential and HHS guidelines in promoting the cost-sharing of quitline services among private payers.
Agenda, objectives, presentation recordingand slides are available here (this page is accessible by members only).
Educational Webinars
PPP Webinar: Tobacco Cessation Coverage: Strategies to Engage Employers
Tobacco cessation treatment is the single most cost-effective health benefit an employer
can provide to its employees. The CDC estimates that companies spend $3,856 per smoker per year in direct medical costs and lost productivity. A growing number of employers across the country have committed to
providing evidence-based cessation treatment for their employees through the use of quitlines. Participants were able to learn first-hand from an employer, health insurer and insurance broker about how they implemented and benefited from offering
cessation coverage while also meeting the Affordable Care Act requirements.
Agenda, objectives, presentation recording
and slides are available here (this page is accessible by members only).
PPP Webinar - States Advance Quitline Sustainability
As participants of the NAQC public-private partnership initiative, eleven states have worked for over two years to expand tobacco cessation coverage and sustainability of their state quitlines. This webinar presentation provided a snapshot of the
different foci and strategies employed by five states. North Carolina shared their strategies for engaging a county government, a not-for-profit and a large health plan in contracting for quitline services. Massachusetts presented on how
they leveraged disparities among cessation coverage to improve coverage for all state employees. Kentucky shared how they expanded access to NRT through employer contracts with the quitline vendor and their long-term
strategy for cost-sharing quitline services. Arizona shared how they dedicated staff for their partnership efforts and the focus of staff’s work. And, Texas shared their experience working with the state’s Business Group on Health
and collaborations with Community Programs.
Agenda, objectives, presentation recordingand slides are available
here (this page is accessible by members only).
Engaging Health Plans and Employers in Purchasing Quitline Services and Improving Access
This webinar addressed the goals outlines in NAQC’s paper on Engaging Health Plans and Employers in Purchasing Quitline Services. Participants learned about ways states have used legislation, quitline eligibility requirements and engagement
strategies to improve access to cessation services, including access to quitline services for public and private health plans. Participants will also learned about resources developed by NAQC and states.
North Carolina Quitline Partnership Plan 2016
Kentucky Cessation Coverage Legislation
Utah Health Plan Assessment:
-Utah Health Plan Survey Cover Letter
-Utah Health Plan Survey Follow-up Correspondence
Agenda, objectives, presentation recording and slides are available
here (this page is accessible by members only).
