The PA Dept. of Public Welfare, Office of Medical Assistance Programs (MA), will begin implementation of their Childhood Nutrition and Weight Management Services  (CNWMS).  This program will allow PA residents to receive services from RDs (nutritionists) and have those services covered by MA benefits.   The action by the Department of Public Welfare was the result of our licensure act and groundwork laid by PADA over the past few years.  A summary of the MA bulletin is below:

Info from MA Bulletin on Enrollment as a Nutritionist

 A nutritionist who possesses current licensure as a dietitian-nutritionist from the Department of State and current certification from the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), the credentialing agency for The American Dietetic Association (ADA), may apply to enroll as a provider of nutritional counseling. Interested persons may obtain an enrollment application by: 

• Visiting the Department's website at:
  http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/omap/promise/enroll/omappromiseenroll.asp;
• Calling 1-800-537-8862; or

• Writing to: DPW Enrollment Unit PO Box 8045 Harrisburg, PA 17105

Nutritionists currently enrolled in the MA Program to provide nutritional consultation services under the Aids Waiver Program may provide the nutritional counseling component of Childhood Nutrition and Weight Management Services without submitting another enrollment application.

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