CMS Discharge Planning Requirements
12/05/2019 - The CMS issued a final rule requiring hospitals to provide patients with access to information about post-acute care provider choices.
12/05/2019 - The CMS issued a final rule requiring hospitals to provide patients with access to information about post-acute care provider choices.
12/5/2019 - The Academy supports efforts to help low-income individuals develop the skills necessary to acquire steady, reliable work and recognizes that promotion of work is an important piece of the puzzle to address food insecurity.
11/26/2019 - The Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service has created a social media toolkit to promote food safety during the holiday season.
11/26/2019 - CMS has reversed its initial decision to remove obesity from the Child Core Set and Adult Core Set of state Medicaid quality measures.
11/20/2019 - U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Shelley Moore Capito introduced the Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2019, which would authorize Medicare to reimburse RDNs for medical nutrition therapy provided to patients with pre-diabetes.
11/20/2019 - The Academy commends the introduction of the Nutrition Counseling Aiding Recovery for Eating Disorders Act in the 116th United States Congress.
11/11/2019 - The National Institute of Food and Agriculture recently announced $41.4 million in competitive grants that will support projects to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables for SNAP participants.
11/05/2019 - The Senate Health Committee passed the Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act, which would require the HHS to update its national physical activity guidelines every 10 years.
11/04/2019 - The Academy believes a National Institute of Nutrition could harmonize and unify nutrition research activities within the within the NIH and across all government agencies that support nutrition research.
10/29/2019 - The FDA is giving food makers an additional six months to comply with the requirements for the updated Nutrition Facts labels.