BTI Program
With the help of a clinician, the odds of quitting tobacco more than double. While counseling and medication individually are effective for tobacco cessation, a combination of both is more effective. This training will show healthcare providers how to work with tobacco users to develop quit plans, to prescribe cessation medication and to refer them for lung cancer screenings.
Target Audience
Physicians, physician’s assistants, nurses, pharmacists, wellness managers, nutritionists, respiratory therapists, social workers, cancer and tobacco control advocates.
Fall 2022
| Date | Session | Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| November 7 | Pharmacotherapy | Dr. Julie Kissack |
| November 8 | Motivational Interviewing | Dr. Sandra Brown |
| November 9 | Low Dose CT Screening | Pat Frankilin |
| November 9 | Billing and Coding | Dr. Courtney Selby |
- Registration Deadline November 3, 2022
Spring 2023
| Date | Session | Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| February 6 | Pharmacotherapy | Dr. Julie Kissack |
| February 7 | Motivational Interviewing | Dr. Sandra Brown |
| February 8 | Low Dose CT Screening | Pat Franklin |
| February 8 | Billing and Coding | Dr. Courtney Selby |
- Registration Deadline February 3, 2023
About the Sessions
By the end of the session the participant will be able to:
- Discuss the background of motivational interviewing and its effectiveness in helping long-time smokers quit tobacco.
- Describe the four components of the spirit of motivational interviewing.
- Evaluate a long-time smoker and implement the Motivational Interviewing process including developing Change Talk between the provider and the patient.
By the end of the session the participant will be able to:
- Discuss the screening modalities for lung cancer.
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Low Dose Computed Tomography screening.
- Describe how to determine the patients that need to be referred for Low Dose CT screening.
By the end of the session the participant will be able to:
- Discuss tobacco cessation pharmacotherapy and its effectiveness in helping long-time smokers quit tobacco.
- Describe the difference between evidence-based and non-evidence based cessation treatment modalities.
- Describe the different types of OTC and prescription cessation medication and how to prescribe them to different types of patients.
By the end of the session the participant will be able to:
- Participants will understand the guidelines set forth by Medicare and Medicaid concerning coding and billing for tobacco/nicotine cessation counseling
- Participants will understand what personnel is qualified to bill for tobacco/nicotine cessation counseling and required documentation to ensure payment
- Participants will understand procedures for recognizing proper codes, billing guidelines, documentation, and insurance company submission guidelines
About the Trainers
Julie C. Kissack, Pharm.D., BCPP
Specialty: Pharmacotherapy
Julie C. Kissack, Pharm.D., BCPP is Professor and Chair of Pharmacy Practice in the College of Pharmacy at Harding University. She received her pharmacy training from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy. Dr. Kissack completed a post-doctoral Residency in Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice and an ASHP Research and Education Foundation Fellowship in Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy at the University of Tennessee. She began her first faculty appointment at Mercer University Southern School of Pharmacy in 1988. In January 2008 she joined the Harding University College of Pharmacy faculty and is a board-certified psychiatric pharmacist. She has engaged in smoking cessation education and research for over 30 years.
Patricia Franklin, APRN-MNSc, ACNP-BC, CTTS
Specialty: Low Dose CT Screening
Patricia works at UAMS with the Thoracic Surgery Oncology team and sees lung and esophageal cancer patients. She has been a nurse practitioner for 15 years. A major focus of her work has been the startup of the Low Dose CT screening program at UAMS, which has been in existence since 2014. Since then, she has provided tobacco-cessation counseling onsite to help others become tobacco free. In addition, she has initiated the “Freedom From Smoking” Groups to provide community members, employees and patients the skills to quit.
Patricia graduated in 1987 with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and then 2003 with her Masters in Nursing and has a broad nursing background working with cardiology, internal medicine and now oncology. Throughout this experience, she has encountered many disease processes that are impacted by smoking. This has motivated her to attempt to intervene.
In her spare time, she is a dog breeder of miniature long-haired dachshunds.
Sandra Brown, DNP, APRN
Specialty: Motivational Interviewing
Sandra Brown is a Registered Nurse with more than 30 years of experience and earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Vanderbilt University. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainer (MINT) and has conducted numerous Motivational Interviewing workshops throughout the US and in Canada. A native of Little Rock, she lives in Edmond, OK with her husband and two dogs.
Courtney Selby, Pharm. D.
Speciality: Billing and Coding
Dr. Courtney Selby is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Harding University College of Pharmacy in Searcy, Arkansas. Upon earning her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas, she completed a PGY1 Community-Based Residency at ARcare in Augusta, Arkansas. Since she began her current position, she has maintained an ambulatory care pharmacy practice site at ARcare, a federally qualified health center with primary care clinics across the state of Arkansas.
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