New Medicare Bill Passes—Dietitians Celebrate!
-New bill offers opportunity for expanded Medicare coverage for preventive medical nutrition therapy-
As a registered dietitian, I’m joining my colleagues in a collective high-five today—the new Medicare bill passed yesterday! This means that we can now begin to approach more coverage for medical nutrition therapy services (MNT). Nutrition counseling has been proven to play a major role in preventing conditions such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension, obesity and diabetes.
