Happy RDN Day! Expand your scope of practice, increase access to care and learn how to enhance revenue with this new, insightful FREE webinar worth 1 CPE!
Join registered dietitian nutritionist Wendy Phillips, MS, RD, LD, FAND, FASPEN and learn how RDNs can expand their scope of practice and increase access to care.
Do you wonder how you can increase practice autonomy, higher salaries and reimbursement, and respect in the healthcare community? Learn how to advocate for the value that you as a RDN provide to your patients, clients, communities, and healthcare institutions to achieve these goals, while increasing access to safe, quality care.
This session will discuss how RDNs can establish and maintain competency to provide safe and effective care. Expanding skills to provide more nutrition-related services demonstrates expertise while increasing the variety and viability of revenue streams. This presentation shares a framework that RDNs can use to accomplish those goals, using examples from successful RDNs and nutrition practices in a variety of roles and settings.
After completing this continuing professional education course the learner should be able to:
- Evaluate applicable rules and regulations to justify an expanded scope of practice
- Create a proposal to provide services that enhance revenue opportunities in healthcare facilities or outpatient settings
- Advocate for expansion of nutrition services coverage in multiple care settings
This course is intended for: RDNs working in healthcare facilities and outpatient settings, including private practice
CDR Activity Number: Live: 180978 / Recorded: 180979 (Recorded expires on March 13, 2027 )
Activity Type: 171 Live Webinar/ 175 Recorded Pre-Approved CPE
1.0 CPE CPE Level: 2
CDR Performance Indicators
- 3.3.5 Advocates for financial support and insurance coverage for patients / clients to ensure access to nutrition services.
- 4.1.4 Aligns work with organizational policies, strategic plans, mission statements, and visions.
- 4.2.1 Identifies potential or existing opportunities and challenges.
- 7.4.1 Utilizes valid quality management tools to track and analyze data and to inform decisions.
Note: Numerous other Performance Indicators may apply.
Wendy Phillips, MS, RD, LD, FAND, FASPEN, is a regional vice president for Morrison Healthcare, based out of Cleveland Ohio. She leads program development and implementation of population health efforts to address chronic disease and nutrition security in Northeast Ohio, in addition to a multi-state food service management team. This work has earned her and her team the 2021 Compass One in the Community Award for outstanding service to reduce food insecurity and improve health equity in her community. She has been a RDN for over 20 years, starting her career as a public health dietitian in pediatrics, then for 10 years as a nutrition support specialist in the NICU and adult ICU. She has worked for Morrison since 2009, holding clinical nutrition director roles in California, the University of Virginia Health System, and the Western Division Director of Clinical for Morrison prior to this current position. Wendy is Chair of the Academy’s Nutrition Services Payment Committee, a member of the Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group’s Malnutrition Committee, and Chair of ASPEN’s Malnutrition Committee. She is a previous Chair of the Academy’s Consumer Protection and Licensure Subcommittee, and member of the Dietitian Licensure Compact Technical Advisory Group and the Sponsorship Advisory Taskforce. She has held leadership positions in the local and state dietetic associations in Virginia, Utah, and Ohio.
Wendy has published over 50 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters in the areas of malnutrition, nutrition support, outcomes research, productivity, order writing privileges for RDNs, mentoring and leadership, nutrition management of ADHD, and nutrition-related public policy. She frequently speaks on these topics at the local, state, and national level.
Wendy has earned multiple awards for her work in nutrition management and public policy, including the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Grassroots Advocacy Award and Excellence in Practice – Management Practice awards, and most recently received the Academy’s Medallion Award during FNCE 2022.
Disclosures: Wendy Phillips certifies that she has no conflicts of interest for this program.