Evidence-Based Nutrition Care That Supports Referring Providers
Referring Providers
Partner with Eat and Thrive Now to improve patient outcomes, increase follow-through, and ensure patients receive high-quality nutrition counseling outside of limited visit time.
Why Refer To A Registered Dietitian (RD)?
Nutrition Is Too Important to Be an Afterthought
Nutrition plays a central role in the prevention and management of chronic disease, yet meaningful nutrition counseling is difficult to deliver within the constraints of routine visits. Integrating registered dietitians into the care team provides patients with focused nutrition and behavior-change counseling while allowing referring providers to concentrate on medical and therapeutic care.
When integrated into care, RD-led Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) has been shown to:
- Improve glycemic control, lipid levels, and blood pressure
- Reduce medication utilization and hospital admissions
- Improve patient engagement and follow-through
- Deliver a significant return on investment
Registered Dietitian Nutritionists are uniquely trained in MNT and behavior-change counseling.
Evidence also supports the economic value of nutrition care at the healthcare system level. Analyses of payer data show that MNT delivered by registered dietitians is associated with reduced overall medical spending, and driven by fewer hospitalizations and physician visits, particularly among high-risk Medicare populations.
Conditions We Support
Eat and Thrive Now provides MNT and nutrition counseling for adult and pediatric patients, including:
- Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes
- Prediabetes
- Hypertension
- Disorders of lipid metabolism
- Cardiovascular disease and heart failure
- Chronic kidney disease (non-dialysis)
- Gastrointestinal conditions (including GERD)
- Pediatric growth and feeding concerns
- Gestational nutrition concerns
- Eating disorders and disordered eating
- Weight-inclusive metabolic and lifestyle care
How We Support Your Practice
What Referring Providers Can Expect
Early morning, evening, and weekend appointments
We are in-network with most major insurance plans and manage benefits verification, scheduling, and patient outreach to reduce administrative burden for your practice.
We collaborate with your team when it’s clinically helpful. We’re happy to participate in mutual patient care meetings and consult with your team on an as-needed basis.
We handle outreach and scheduling so referrals don’t create extra work for your office.
Visit summaries and progress updates are available upon request, and we typically provide them quarterly or when clinically indicated.
Referral PRocess
Referrals to Eat and Thrive Now can be made via:
- Electronic referral through your EHR
- Faxed referral form (272) 235-3678
- Direct patient self-scheduling with provider referral documentation
Minimum information recommended:
- Referring provider name and NPI
- Patient demographics and contact information
- Reason for referral and relevant ICD-10 codes
- PCP goals for nutrition therapy
Our team handles scheduling, insurance verification, and patient outreach.