Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2026

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.