Medical Nutrition Therapy is essential for good diabetes management. Our Registered Dietitian creates an individualized meal plan for every patient based on nutritional considerations such as lifestyle, cultural identity and diabetes management goals.
Alamo Diabetes Team also offers other medical nutrition consultation services such as:
- Renal diet – for kidney problems
- Cardiac diet – for high cholesterol
- Hypertension diet – for high blood pressure
- Weight management program for obesity
Insurance Coverage of Medical Nutrition Therapy
will pay for Medical Nutrition Therapy for people who have any of these conditions: diabetes, kidney disease that does not require dialysis, and kidney disease after transplant.
Many will pay for Medical Nutrition Therapy for diabetes. Some will also pay for Medical Nutrition Therapy for impaired glucose tolerance (pre-diabetes), obesity, hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol) and hypertension (high blood pressure). The staff at Alamo Diabetes Team will be happy to call your insurance company to verify eligibility and benefits for this service.
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