Consulting: Medical Nutrition Therapy

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

Why should you let Mary Ann Hodorowicz deliver to your organization a ready-made, top quality, Outpatient Medicare MNT Program?

Because in today's fast-paced, budget-crunched, cash-strapped environment, organizations are looking to set up a cost-effective, high quality Outpatient Medicare MNT Program quickly and efficiently that will:

Maximize utilization of the Medicare MNT benefit. it's there for the taking!

Help physicians help their patients. Medicare MNT Program will enhance the services your staff physicians or community doctors offer their patients

Provide a source of marketing for your organizations. you'll attract new physicians, and new physician referrals, into your organization

Provide the newest treatment protocols to outpatients. here's an opportunity to be a "best practice"

Capture discharged inpatients, or other ambulatory patients, into the Outpatient Medicare MNT Program. why have patients go to the competition for a key piece of their care?

Generate revenue for the organization by increasing private payer reimbursement and guaranteeing Medicare reimbursement

Because we know that getting a top quality Medicare MNT Program off the ground with inhouse staff can be too time-consuming and burdensome.let Mary Ann assume these responsibilities:

Maximizing utilization and reimbursement of the Medicare MNT benefit (these nitpicky details can make or break your ultimate success!):

Beneficiary eligibility requirements

RD-provider eligibility requirements

Organization requirements

Tracking MNT claims and taking action of denied or rejected claims

Coverage guidelines and maximizing utilization of benefit:

Hours covered in first year and subsequent years

CPT, revenue and diagnosis codes

Fee setting

Billing and correct claims processing

Allowed, adjusted reimbursement rates

Ensuring adherence to Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 's MNT Evidence-Based Guides to Practice when furnishing MNT (i.e., required clinical protocols)

Maximizing utilization of the Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSMES) and the Medicare MNT benefit

Coordinating a complete, recognized 10 hour Outpatient DSMES Program along with a complete, 3 hour Medicare MNT Program

Developing Medicare MNT Program and working with multiple departments / disciplines:
- Budgeting
- Developing MNT charge master
- Staffing
- Scheduling: offering individual and/or group MNT
- Tracking/reporting reimbursement revenue and expense
- Marketing to physicians, community, patients
- Advertising
- Chart auditing
- Daily operations and utilizing IT support (including patient scheduling)
- Writing policies, procedures
- Ensuring that components of current 'best practices' are implemented
- Proposal for Medicare MNT Program
- Quality assurance and improvement
- Outcomes management
- Practice guidelines and standards of care
- Chart auditing
- Forms development
- Advice on marketing strategies
- RD becoming Medicare provider

Because Mary Ann Hodorowicz, RDN, MBA, CDCES is a nationally-recognized
expert in:

All clinical components of Medicare MNT
All operational components of delivering Medicare MNT from a business point of view
All required forms for:
- Pre-MNT
- MNT intervention
- Post-MNT