Consulting: Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Program

In this Section:
1.	Components of MNT and DSMT Program Consulting (pdf)
2.	Why Hire Mary Ann as a Consultant for Medicare MNT and DSMT?
3.	Her Consulting and Training Services Can Be Used in Your Organization To...
4.	Developing Medicare MNT Program
5.	Designing Outpatient MNT Clinic
6.	Training RDs on MNT Practice Guides, Reimbursement and Newest Intervention Models and Technologies
7.	Medicare's New Chronic Care Improvement Program and the New Beneficiary One Time Physical Exam
8.	Turnkey Medicare MNT Program and RD Training Workshop
9.	FAQs on Medicare Part B Medical Nutrition Therapy and Diabetes Self-Management Education Benefits
10.	A Quick Guide to the Medicare MNT and DSME Benefit

Her Consulting and Training Services Can Be Used
in Your Organization To:

Develop and implement a new Medicare MNT Program, with an emphasis on Diabetes and Renal MNT, which is reimbursable by Medicare and most private payers.
Restructure and/or enhance your existing MNT Program in order to:
- Begin offering Medicare MNT
Attain or increase Medicare MNT reimbursement via:

Correct codes, claim form and completion of claim
Compliance with all of Medicare's coverage guidelines
Retrospective tracking of sent claims in order to take appropriate action on denied or rejected claims

Increase physician referrals, self-referrals and referrals from other sources
Create or revise your Medicare MNT Program's:
- Marketing plan
- Policy and procedure manual
- Written curriculum (complete with learning objectives & instructor's guide)
- Educational handouts
- Quality assurance program (new methods to assess quality of MNT)
- Financial controls and reporting system (including creation of charge master)
Recommend proven systems, forms, procedures and IT support programs consistent with "best practices" to:
- Improve your Medicare MNT Program's operational efficiencies
- Assure adherence to ADA 's MNT Evidence-Based Guides for Practice
Audit your Medicare MNT Program charts to evaluate compliance to:
- Medicare's coverage guidelines (in pre-MNT, intervention and post-MNT phase)
- ADA 's MNT Evidence-Based Guides for Practice