Alternative Care (AC) program (Minn. Stat. §256B.0913)

Nutrition services: Services that include nutrition education and nutrition counseling to address an older adult’s nutritional needs. The goal of these services is to improve or maintain a person’s nutritional status and improve management of his/her chronic diseases or conditions.

Nutrition education: One or more individual or group sessions that provide formal and informal opportunities for people to gain knowledge and skills in managing their diet and nutritional needs.

Nutrition counseling: One or more individual sessions to advise and assist people on appropriate nutritional intake. Nutritional counseling includes assessment of a person’s nutritional needs that results in an individualized plan with goals and follow-up on established goals.

Nutrition education

Covered nutrition education sessions include:

Nutrition counseling

Covered nutrition counseling sessions include:

Nutrition counseling can include helping people with:

Nutrition services are tied to a specific goal and authorized in the older adult’s community support plan. Providers must deliver services that are consistent with the person’s cultural background.

Professionals qualified to provide nutritional services include:

The lead agency authorizes nutrition services provided on a per-visit basis.

For more information, see Long-Term Services and Supports Service Rate Limits, DHS-3945 (PDF) and CBSM – Rate methodologies for AC, ECS and EW.