Will provide tobacco cessation services for three more years
CHARLESTON, W.Va., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- West Virginia-based beBetter Networks, Inc. (beBetter) has been awarded the West Virginia Tobacco Quitline contract issued by the Department of Health and Human Resources for the Bureau for Public Health and the Bureau for Medical Services Medicaid Program. As the original vendor for the Quitline, beBetter will provide cessation services to West Virginia residents and West Virginia Medicaid members.
"We are fortunate to be a part of an industry and a movement that focuses on helping people lead longer, healthier lives by being tobacco free," said Ralph Gaines, president and CEO of beBetter. "We believe our unique value to the state and our key differentiator comes from our focus on West Virginia and the unparalleled experience we have with every aspect of the cessation efforts taking place in the state."
Research shows that tobacco users are most successful with quitting when they have support. beBetter provides comprehensive cessation services including direct home delivery of nicotine replacement therapy, one-on-one telephone counseling, Web support and educational literature. Services are customized to address each tobacco user's habit and lifestyle.
beBetter's full-scale distribution center allows for the procurement of nicotine replacement therapy including nicotine patches, gum and lozenges. In addition, beBetter will work with Rational Drug Therapy Program to provide West Virginia Medicaid members with prescription authorization on nicotine replacement therapies.
According to the 2005 Annual Report developed by beBetter, the total
investment in the West Virginia Tobacco Quitline was $1.81 million and the
one year average cost savings, including both direct health care and
productivity costs was $8.8 million yielding an average return on
investment of 744%. Thus for every $1 invested in the program, there was an
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