{"id":12557,"date":"2026-03-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medent.com\/connect\/?p=12557"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:18:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:18:32","slug":"dietitian-referrals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medent.com\/connect\/2026\/03\/24\/dietitian-referrals\/","title":{"rendered":"How Nutrition and Seamless Referrals Are Reshaping Chronic Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12557\" class=\"elementor elementor-12557\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70005dd0 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"70005dd0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-333e133c\" data-id=\"333e133c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c9d2e2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c9d2e2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 24px;\">How Nutrition\u2014and Seamless Referrals\u2014Are Reshaping Chronic Care<\/span><\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d43d28a elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4d43d28a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3103415b elementor-align-center elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"3103415b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-f8d716d elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-tags\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMegan Chapman\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-1b68568 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-tags\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarch 24, 2026\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c91b485 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c91b485\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1eb9107f\" data-id=\"1eb9107f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fbd77a7 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1fbd77a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/medent.com\/connect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Nutrition-and-Seamless-Referrals.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-12558\" alt=\"Nutrition and Seamless Referrals with medent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medent.com\/connect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Nutrition-and-Seamless-Referrals.png 1080w, https:\/\/medent.com\/connect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Nutrition-and-Seamless-Referrals-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/medent.com\/connect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Nutrition-and-Seamless-Referrals-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/medent.com\/connect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Nutrition-and-Seamless-Referrals-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/medent.com\/connect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Nutrition-and-Seamless-Referrals-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cec235f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3cec235f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/medent.com\/connect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Nutrition-with-medent.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-12560\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medent.com\/connect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Nutrition-with-medent.png 1080w, 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">For many practices, integrating nutrition into care has historically felt just out of reach.<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">That\u2019s changing.<\/p><p>In our latest episode of <em>medent minutes<\/em>, we spoke with Kelly Springer, founder of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kellyschoice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelly\u2019s Choice<\/a>, about how practices are using medent to make nutrition a seamless, scalable part of preventive care, and why that shift has real implications for chronic disease outcomes.<\/p><h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>From &#8220;Extra&#8221; Care to Essential Care<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><p>For years, nutrition support was treated as an &#8220;extra&#8221;\u2014a helpful recommendation not always integrated into the workflow. Cost barriers, limited access and cumbersome referrals made it hard for practices to act on.\u00a0<\/p><p>Now, with major insurance plans covering dietitian services for the first time in history, nutrition has moved from a &#8220;nice-to-have&#8221; to essential care that&#8217;s financially supported and scalable.\u00a0<\/p><p>&#8220;For most providers, they don&#8217;t know that nutrition services are actually covered under preventative services,&#8221; Springer said. &#8220;A lot of these services are covered in full and a lot of times for unlimited visits. So that is something new and exciting.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p><p>And with seamless referral workflows built directly into medent, providers can connect patients to registered dietitians without disrupting their clinical flow. No extra platforms. No friction. Just a natural extension of high-quality care.<\/p><p>&#8220;medent makes it so easy through their EHR system to connect directly with Kelly&#8217;s Choice&#8230;It has been as short as a week to get a Kelly&#8217;s Choice referral source on medent to be able to send those referrals.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7aeed1f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7aeed1f5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f9ac7f1\" data-id=\"4f9ac7f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70ae0fea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70ae0fea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Tune in to hear more about the rise of GLP-1 medications, the confusion created by social media and how medent practices can send seamless referrals to a nationwide network of registered dietitians.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em>Also available on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/635WOFIHL7QNP6jfivA5sP?si=qIKOdOtwTNWtR5N5Bzmq6w\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03db642 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"03db642\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b7674b\" data-id=\"1b7674b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81dab4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"81dab4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/IazA5LwDBn0&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5715151a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5715151a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46fec29 elementor-author-box--avatar-yes elementor-author-box--name-yes elementor-author-box--biography-yes elementor-author-box--link-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"46fec29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medent.com\/connect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-Megan_Chapman-e1774364208116-300x300.png\" alt=\"Author picture\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMegan Chapman is the Director of Marketing &amp; Communications at medent. A former producer for NBC, TODAY, and MSNBC, she brings award-winning journalism experience to storytelling in healthcare technology, EHR software, and practice management. 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