Are your benefits breaking the law?
Tobacco cessation, the ACA, and the Mental Health Parity Act

Offering comprehensive tobacco cessation benefits is essential both to your employees’ health and your company’s bottom line. However, with all of the changes in insurance coverage requirements over the last 5 years, it can be hard to understand exactly which benefits should be covered, or if your own benefits package is in compliance with the law.

Join Prevention Partners and two national experts on August 20th for a special webinar focused on this topic.

The presentation will include:

• A review of tobacco cessation benefits required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
• An explanation of how cessation benefits are affected by the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
• An overview of the health and economic impact of tobacco use on employers
• Highlights of policy and benefit design changes employers and health plans are making related to tobacco and e-cigarettes
• A question and answer session with our presenters

Dr. Heather Sell is a Medical Outcomes Specialist for National Employers for Pfizer. Her responsibilities include providing education and conducting real world clinical research and pharmaco-economic analyses. She is a certified instructor for basic tobacco intervention skills for medical and allied health professionals by the University of Arizona and a certified cessation group leader by the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago. Dr. Sell completed her Bachelor of Science and Doctorate of Pharmacy at Purdue University. 

Steve Melek is a Principal and Consulting Actuary with the Denver Health practice of Milliman. His areas of expertise include healthcare product development, management, and financial analyses, and he has worked extensively in the behavioral healthcare specialty field. He conducts plan design, pricing, capitation and risk analysis, provider reimbursement analysis and strategies, healthcare revenue distribution, and utilization management analysis. Steve has advised HMOs, PPOs, managed care organizations, behavioral healthcare firms and associations, insurance companies, employers, hospitals, physician groups, PHOs, and state insurance companies.

This complimentary webinar is provided thanks to a
sponsorship from Pfizer.