Hospital Therapeutic Diet Orders and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Steering through Regulations to Provide Quality Nutrition Care and Avoid Survey Citations

• Published in: Journal of the American Dietetic Association Vol. 106; no. 2; pp. 198 - 204
• Main Author: Hager, Mary H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.02.2006; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.); Compliance; diet therapy; Diet Therapy - standards; Dietary Guidelines; Dietetics - standards; Dietitians; Facility Regulation and Control; Food Service, Hospital - legislation & jurisprudence; Food Service, Hospital - standards; health services; hospital diet; Hospitals; Humans; Inpatient care; Medicaid - legislation & jurisprudence; Medical sciences; Medicare; Medicare - legislation & jurisprudence; Medicare Part A - legislation & jurisprudence; Medicare Part A - standards; Metabolic diseases; optimal nutrition; Quality of Health Care; Regulation; United States; United States; North America; America; Health insurance; Center; Regulation(control); Treatment; Nutrition; Diet; Nutrition survey; Quality; Regulation; Hospital; Care; Feeding
• ISSN: 0002-8223; 2212-2672; 1878-3570; 2212-2680
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2005.12.013

In 2005, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a revised interpretative guideline that was seen as taking away registered dietitions' (RD) autonomous involvement in the care of hospitalized patients. Hager describes how RDs can continue to be directly involved in hospital patient care and be compliant with the regulations, standards, and policies and procedures that define safe and quality patient care.