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 DSMES Benefit

Designing Outpatient MNT Clinic

Mary Ann's consulting services can also be used to design an Outpatient MNT Clinic in your practice setting.

Mary Ann designed and managed, a full-service, very successful Outpatient MNT Clinic within a community hospital, and obtained insurance reimbursement for the MNT as soon as the doors opened. The Clinic continues to thrive today.

With her skills and expertise, Mary Ann can help you:

Become a Medicare MNT provider

Write the proposal for establishing an Outpatient MNT Clinic

Conduct target market research to determine viability and need of MNT and evaluating data

Develop and implement a marketing and advertising plan

Develop a mission statement:
- Definition and purpose of service
- Definition of scope of program
- Establishment of goals
Develop a business plan which contains
- Staffing requirements (RD, secretary, volunteers)
- Salary costs
- Monthly variable and fixed expenses
- Fees schedule (per benchmarking and cost/revenue analysis)
- Charging and billing system
- Performa and budget
- Location suggestions
- Office furniture, supplies and equipment needs
Flow chart and organize daily operations starting from patient's initial phone call all the way to the final charge entry and documentation
- Mary Ann has got this down to a science.both patient and RD glide through this process with ease, without any essential activity being missed
Adhere to Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 's MNT Evidence-Based Guides for Practice
Required for Medicare reimbursement
Implement Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 's new "Nutrition Care Process and Model"

Develop all necessary operations and clinical MNT forms

Implement a MNT Outcomes Management System

Develop policies and procedures

Develop customized IT support systems (e.g., patient registry and database)
Develop quality assurance plan
- Includes chart auditing plan and worksheets customized for type of MNT (e.g., diabetes MNT audit vs. hyperlipidemia audit)
Blend a Medicare DSMES Program with a Medicare MNT Program
Trouble-shoot and problem-solve issues