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    Application Process

    The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) maintains an online statewide listing of tobacco cessation counseling services. The Pre-Approved Tobacco Cessation Registry (Registry) was established in 2002 as a resource and referral system for clinicians and health care delivery systems providing cessation counseling services in Pennsylvania. 

    To be listed on the Registry, providers are required to:

    1. Submit an application to DOH and
    2. Complete "Every Smoker, Every Time."  Providers receive a Certificate of Completion that must be included with their completed Registry application.

    If you need to locate your Provider NPI Number, visit https://NPPES.cms.hhs.gov and click on “Search NPI Registry"

    Every Smoker Every Time Training

    Every Smoker, Every Time is a free online training providing entry level tobacco use-related education on dependence treatments and practices found in the AHRQ guidelines for behavioral and primary health care staff, pharmacists, counselors, social workers and dental providers.

    This includes information on effective brief intervention, nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), and referral options. You can complete Every Smoker, Every Time (45 minutes) from your work place or home computer and receive a completion email after passing a post-test with a score of at least 80%.

    Healthcare Providers' Registry

    Please submit your completed Registry application and ESET certificate to:

    Email: RA-Registry@pa.gov
    Fax: 717-214-6690
    Mail:
    Pennsylvania Department of Health
    Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
    Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control
    625 Forster Street, Room 1032, Health and Welfare Building
    Harrisburg, PA 17120
         
    Questions: Call the Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control at 717-783-6600.

    Resources listed on this webpage are for informational purposes only and are neither recommendations nor professional advice.  The Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control does not endorse any specific provider.  Individuals should contact the provider's office for more detailed information related to services.

    Enrolling for Reimbursement for Tobacco Cessation Services through the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services

    If you indicate on your Pre-Approved Tobacco Cessation Registry application that you are interested in enrolling with the Department of Human Services to be reimbursed through Medical Assistance for tobacco cessation services and have questions about your application, please contact:

    Alisa Evans
    Department of Human Services
    (717) 257-5239
    alievans@pa.gov

    If you wish to enroll with Pennsylvania Medicaid and be compensated for services rendered, you must obtain and/or upload the Pre-Approved Tobacco Cessation Registry Application and Tobacco Cessation Training Certificate as required for TC Enrollment purposes.