MDA Priority Areas at the State Level:
Child Nutrition
School Nutrition
Action Item in Progress: School Nutrition Bill H. 4376 www.mphaweb.org
RD recognition as credible nutrition expert
Action Items in Progress: MassHealth starting to reimburse for Medical Nutrition Therapy in Hospitals/community health centers. Memo MassHealth Proposed Regulations on MNT and Diabetes Self Management Training.
Please consider signing the Academy's petition to President Obama to urge CMS to include RDs in obesity treatment. We need 25,000 signatures by January 7, 2012 for the White House to review: http://wh.gov/DWX. Announcement of this petition is being pushed out through the Academy's social media, Eat Right Weekly and various electronic mailing lists, electronic communities and leadership groups.
We encourage you to post it to your Facebook and Twitter accounts, as well as, sharing with clients and colleagues. With everyone’s help, we’re confident we can easily surpass the minimum goal to address this issue.