Public Policy
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is committed to improving the nation’s health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy.
Here is the Academy’s Public Policy Priorities for 2020
https://files.constantcontact.com/9806343e601/7c18a81a-2512-4b94-9e15-e4dd9f199b9b.pdf
Advocacy is Our Professional Responsibility
In her President’s Page article in the February Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, President Linda T. Farr, RDN, CSOWM, LD, FAND, encourages all members to “take an active role in building influential relationships that will help us gain support for important issues that expand diverse access to our services, shape the public’s health and food choices, promote consumer protection and safeguard our licensure.”
https://jandonline.org/article/S2212-2672(20)31533-1/fulltext
Reimbursement
The Connecticut Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics representative and committee serve as a local resource for CT Academy members who have questions about reimbursement issues. They support coding and coverage issues on the local level by initiating or helping advance members’ coverage activities with third party payers or other decision makers. You may contact the CT Academy Reimbursement Representative by email with questions or to join the committee at Reimbursement@eatrightct.org
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Reimbursement Resources
- Guide for medical nutrition therapy (MNT) reimbursement www.eatright.org/mnt
- Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guidelines on the Academy’s Evidence Analysis Library www.andeal.org
