Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Telehealth Coverage of MNT—What ADA Members Need to Know

Hager reports on recent Medicare changes that benefit those in the dietetic profession. Effective Jan 1, 2006, Medicare Part B added RDs and qualified nutrition professionals, as defined by law, and individual medical nutrition therapy to the list of Medicare telehealth providers. Telehealth is elec...

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Published inJournal of the American Dietetic Association Vol. 106; no. 4; pp. 513 - 516
Main Author Hager, Mary H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2006
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.)
Dietetics
Dietetics - economics
Dietetics - legislation & jurisprudence
Federal regulation
Health care access
Humans
Insurance Coverage
Internet
Medicaid
Medicare
Nutrition
Nutrition Therapy - economics
Nutrition Therapy - utilization
Rural areas
Satellite communications
Streaming media
Telemedicine
Telemedicine - economics
Telemedicine - utilization
United States
Video teleconferencing
Wireless communications
United States
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Summary:Hager reports on recent Medicare changes that benefit those in the dietetic profession. Effective Jan 1, 2006, Medicare Part B added RDs and qualified nutrition professionals, as defined by law, and individual medical nutrition therapy to the list of Medicare telehealth providers. Telehealth is electronic long-distance health care. Patients must reside in federally designated rural areas to qualify.
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ISSN:0002-8223
2212-2672
1878-3570
2212-2680
DOI:10.1016/j.jada.2006.02.020