Your Medicare Coverage
Is my test, item, or service covered?
Nutrition therapy services (medical)
How often is it covered?
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers nutritional assessment, one-on-one counseling, and therapy through an interactive telecommunications system provided by a registered dietitian or Medicare-approved nutrition professional.
Who's eligible?
- People with Medicare who have kidney disease (but who aren't on dialysis)
- People with Medicare who've had a kidney transplant
- People with Medicare who have diabetes
Your costs in Original Medicare
You pay nothing for these services if the doctor accepts assignment, and the Part B deductible doesn’t apply.
Related resources
- Find dialysis facilities
- Kidney disease education
- Children and ESRD
- Dialysis information
- Transplant information
- National Diabetes Education Program
- National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
- National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP)
- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Education and Information Clearinghouse
- CDC information on diabetes