07/29/2021 - The Academy joined 429 other organizations on a letter to congressional leaders requesting they permanently remove outdated location restrictions on telehealth access and ensure that federally qualified health centers, critical access hospitals, and rural health clinics can furnish services via telehealth.
07/28/2021 - Nearly 50 advocates met with 40 congressional offices to discuss crucial federal programs, including school meals and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Programs for Women, Infants, and Children.
07/28/2021 - An Academy member provided testimony during the U.S. House of Representatives' Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee hearing "Food for Thought: Examining Federal Nutrition Programs for Young Children and Infants."
07/06/2021 - The preparatory process for this summit is underway and the Academy has been an active participant, with the UN providing multiple opportunities to gather information across stakeholder groups.
06/03/2021 - Almost all Medicare beneficiaries have at least one chronic condition and more than two-thirds live with multiple chronic conditions that could be prevented, managed or treated in large part with medical nutrition therapy provided by registered dietitian nutritionists.
05/12/2021 - With the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act officially reintroduced in the 117th U.S. Congress, the Academy hosted 55 advocates in a virtual lobby day.
05/11/2021 - While millions of people with serious, chronic medical conditions could achieve potentially life-changing benefits from nutrition care services provided by registered dietitian nutritionists, Medicare currently covers nutrition therapy only for people with kidney disease and diabetes.
04/30/2021 - The new, proposed American Families Plan includes several Academy priorities aimed at addressing nutrition security.
04/12/2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the health and daily lives of Americans brought telehealth policies and practices to the forefront for RDNs, the Academy and many other health care provider types and organizations.
04/12/2021 - President Biden released appropriations request, which includes efforts to promote racial equity, investment in public health, address climate change and activate economic growth.
