Starting this year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) now supports clinicians conducting a Physical Activity and Nutrition Risk Assessment for Medicare patients. This is good news for older adults because when evaluating patient eating habits, nutrition status, and related health risks is incentivized as a part of routine care, nutrition moves from being a “nice to have” aspect of care to a core component of Medicare wellness or other office visits.
To learn more about how CMS is elevating the role of nutrition in preventive care, check out this new blog.
Visit the Abbott Nutrition Health Institute (ANHI) website for more physician nutrition education and resources including videos, courses, and key topics for family and internal medicine physicians.
This message is provided in partnership with ANHI, an Ohio Academy of Family Physicians Partner in Health, who’s goal is to improve lives through the power of Nutrition.
About Partners in Health
The OAFP’s Partners in Health Program is an online resource that contains links to organizations that provide patient education and high-value tools designed to support family physicians and their care teams in delivering optimal frontline care.
If you have questions about the OAFP’s Partners in Health Program, please contact Deputy Executive Vice President Kaitlin McGuffie or call 800.742.7327.