Background And Objectives: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires reporting of specific tobacco treatment (TT) measures. We examined compliance to these measures before and after initiation of a specialized TT service in a state-psychiatric hospital.

Methods: Using a retrospective analysis, patient records (N = 3669) were examined, using one-way ANOVAs, for changes in rates of tobacco use screening and treatment between September-December 2015 (pre-implementation of CMS requirements), and January-April, May-August, and September-December 2016 (post-implementation of the CMS requirements).

Results: We found significant increases, between Sep-Dec 2015 and Sep-Dec 2016, in the rates of tobacco use screening (93.4-95.3%, F [3, 12] = 7.39, p = .005), offering TT counseling (68.1-76.5%, F [1] = 18.59, p = .001) and medications (71.7-76.5%, F [1] = 5.86, p = .032).

Conclusions And Significance: Our findings can provide guidance to enhance compliance with TT measures in psychiatric settings. (Am J Addict 2018;XX:1-4).

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