DID YOU KNOW?
MEDICARE COVERS 3 HOURS
OF MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY EACH YEAR FOR
PATIENTS WITH DIABETES OR KIDNEY DISEASE

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Important Message Regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

All of us at LifeQuality Nutrition Network want you to know that we care deeply about your health and we are doing everything we can to quickly respond to the often changing status of COVID-19 (aka Coronavirus) in our Counties.  In an effort to support social distancing recommendations and to reduce the spread of the virus, we greatly respect everyone's decision to be safe and we want to encourage and assist you.

In order to protect you, we continue to provide services via telephone or telehealth (with video).  Group diabetes management sessions via telehealth, are also available.  

Fortunately, most of the health plans that we work with already allowed telehealth visits, when needed.  For those that did not, much has happened these past couple of years.  The Federal Government signed, into law, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, which provided at least 2 years of funding to Medicare for telehealth visits.  Congress is now currently working on legislation to make telehealth a regular practice.  We will keep you posted on this.

Aside from the pandemic, patients have expressed their appreciation for phone and/or video appointments, from the comfort of their homes.  No more fighting So Cal traffic, trying to find the office and waiting in a lobby.  Our appointment attendance rates improved dramatically as a result of telehealth across the board.  The Dietitians love it also and find that counseling a person in their own home allows us to see things we wouldn't otherwise.  Many patients walk their phone or computer into the kitchen to show us their pantry and fridge!

Managed Care (HMO) plans have been making additional provisions for telehealth.  Please contact us by our secure email links on this page, or by phone, to find out if your health plan is covering telehealth nutrition counseling at this time.  

In the meantime, we would like to share best practices to reduce your risk of infection:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/prevention.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fabout%2Fprevention.html

Please stay safe and well.  Wishing you the best of health always!

​- Missy Porteous, Director
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