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Nutrition-related Health Conditions: Recommend Medicare Preventive Services
Nutrition-related Health Conditions: Recommend Medicare Preventive Services
Were you aware Medicare covers 6 preventive services for nutrition-related health conditions like diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and obesity?
Medical nutrition therapy
Diabetes screening
Diabetes self-management training
Intensive behavioral therapy for obesity
Intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease
Annual wellness visit
Even though National Nutrition Month was in March, residents should continue to be encouraged to develop healthy eating patterns and make food choices to meet their individual nutrient needs, goals, backgrounds, and tastes.
Even though National Nutrition Month was in March, residents should continue to be encouraged to develop healthy eating patterns and make food choices to meet their individual nutrient needs, goals, backgrounds, and tastes.
The links below may help provide the education needed to achieve that first step in healthy eating:
The links below may help provide the education needed to achieve that first step in healthy eating:
Medicare Preventive Services educational tool
Nutrition.gov: Learn about healthy eating
National Nutrition Month webpage — “Celebrate a World of Flavors”
Care Compare Tool: Find a registered dietitian or nutrition professional
Diabetes (PDF) and chronic kidney disease (PDF) data snapshots: Learn about disparities in Medicare patients
Preventive & Screening Services webpage: Get information for your patient
The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) released an updated immunization schedule for adults aged 19 years or older. Nurse assessment coordinators (NACs) should utilize this updated schedule when coding O0300 Pneumococcal Vaccine data.
Page O-12 of the RAI User’s Manual provides the coding tip, “Up to date” in item O0300A, which means in accordance with the current ACIP recommendations.
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