The NourishPlanner magazine
Practice craft, reimbursement rules and counseling economics for registered dietitians running their own nutrition practice.
practical guide
Credentialing is a paperwork sequence with a fixed order: NPI, CAQH, contracts, effective dates. Here is how each step works and what stalls most applications.
comparison
Both models are viable. The difference shows up in per session yield, collection lag, admin hours and who can afford to walk through your door.
mistakes to avoid
Most nutrition therapy denials trace to a handful of fixable errors: wrong code for a follow up, missed time units, diagnosis mismatch or exhausted benefit units.
regulation and compliance
As a covered entity you owe a risk analysis, business associate agreements and specific safeguards. Here is what applies to a one person practice and its software.
case study
A shift to small group nutrition therapy changed her scheduling, her documentation and her revenue per clinical hour. What the transition required in practice.
trends and outlook
State licensure still governs where you may practice, and telehealth has not erased that. What the current rules require and which reforms are moving.
checklist
A complete intake packet protects the visit and the claim: consent, financial policy, health history, releases and the documents a payer expects on file.
numbers and benchmarks
Your true hourly cost includes unbilled admin, no shows, software, insurance, credentialing fees and taxes. Here is how to build the calculation for your own practice.
field report
Attrition rarely means low motivation. It usually traces to plan design, grocery logistics, household constraints and a check in cadence that arrives too late.
Second week attrition is the most expensive problem in a nutrition counseling practice, and it is rarely about motivation. Our guide breaks down the plan design, grocery logistics and check in timing that decide whether a client is still eating breakfast in week three.
Why do so many of my clients stop following the meal plan by the second week?
Then work outward: the eight other pieces in The Counseling Table each take one part of it further, and every one links back here.
