Therapeutic Diet Ordering Privileges

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The recently established Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rule that will allow registered dietitians to place therapeutic diet orders will be beneficial for dietitians, the medical team, and hospitals alike. By RDs gaining order writing privileges, the medical team will save time, hospitals are projected to save large amounts of money, and there will hopefully be a decrease in inappropriate diets ordered.

In an article titled “CMS Final Rule on Therapeutic Diet Orders Means New Opportunities for RDNs,” in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Brian Boyce discusses the opportunities this new rule will create for dietitians. In the article, Boyce (2014) makes an especially interesting point in relation to ordering privileges and CMS guidelines: “CMS has a long-standing interpretive guideline that hospitals may technically hire non-RDNs with sufficient qualifications for dietary and nutrition services. Under the new rule regarding therapeutic diet orders the Academy is confident hospitals will continue to demand the expertise and competencies assured by the RDN credential, despite having the option of hiring non-RDNs.” While dietitians will be able to use their expertise to order therapeutic diets, the new rule will also assist in showing why it is essential to have registered dietitians, the food and nutrition experts, on staff.


Boyce, B. (2014). CMS final rule on therapeutic diet orders means new opportunities for RDNs. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 114(9), 1326-1328.

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