METROPLUSHEALTH OFFERING FREE DIETICIAN VISITS TO GOLD PLAN MEMBERS
Recently, MetroPlusHealth launched a new benefit for our Gold members – free access to dietitians for City workers & their families, including free nutritional guidance with 26 visits with a dietitian expert per year. The program is currently available for Gold members with chronic medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and high cholesterol. Almost 20,000 current Gold members will be eligible.
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The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM), the nonprofit medical professional society for lifestyle medicine, is offering a free 5.5-hour online continuing education opportunity for any registered dietitian who accepts MetroPlusHealth Gold. This would consist of three courses – Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine, Food as Medicine: Prevention and Longevity, and Food as Medicine: Treatment and Risk Reduction. All are available online and can be completed via un-paced self-study and are offered at no cost.