Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Senator Susan Collins
Introduced
Summary
Expand Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy. It would let more types of providers deliver medical nutrition therapy and cover it for many more chronic conditions.
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- Beneficiaries: Over two-thirds of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries have two or more chronic conditions that nutrition can affect. Many would become eligible for MNT for conditions such as diabetes, prediabetes, obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cancer, HIV/AIDS, and cardiovascular and gastrointestinal diseases.
- Providers: More clinicians could bill Medicare for MNT. The bill would let physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and, for eating disorders, clinical psychologists furnish MNT.
- Timing and limits: The expansion would exclude patients on maintenance dialysis paid under section 1881. The coverage changes would apply to items and services furnished in years beginning two years after enactment.
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More Medicare nutrition therapy, with limits
If enacted, this bill would let Medicare cover medical nutrition therapy (MNT) for many more conditions. The list would include diabetes, prediabetes, obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, malnutrition, eating disorders, cancer, gastrointestinal disease (including Celiac), HIV/AIDS, and heart disease. It would let physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and, for eating disorders, clinical psychologists furnish MNT. The bill would deny MNT coverage unless it is for a listed or Secretary‑approved condition, and it would not cover MNT for kidney disease when you are receiving maintenance dialysis that Medicare pays for. These changes would apply to services in years beginning two years after enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Susan Collins
ME • R
Cosponsors
Gary Peters
MI • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
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