Booking Your Appointment

Welcome to our online booking page! Here you can quickly check to see if your insurance covers medical nutrition therapy and schedule your appointment with one of our registered dietitians. Our secure Healthie platform makes booking simple and HIPAA-compliant.

Please note that patients are ultimately responsible for understanding and verifying their health insurance plan’s coverage for Medical Nutrition Therapy (CPT codes 97802 and 97803). Use the easy-to-follow steps below to book.

Alternatively, you can click here for our Insurance Verification Guide before booking. This is a step-by-step guide for patients to use when calling their insurance plan to find out about insurance coverage for medical nutrition therapy.

Once you’re ready, you can schedule directly through our secure, HIPAA-compliant Healthie platform below or call us at 401-398-2454.

START HERE

If you have one of the following:

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) RI

  • BCBS Non-RI Plans

  • BCBS Federal

  • BCBS Blue CHIP

  • United Healthcare (UHC) Commercial (Non-Medicare Plans Only)

  • UHC Rite Care or Community Plan (Medicaid)

  • Neighborhood Health Plan of RI


    → YOU CAN BOOK NOW

Great news! Your insurance plan most likely covers our nutrition services!

We’re excited to get you started. Let’s go ahead and schedule your first appointment.

We offer virtual appointments and depending on the provider, we offer appointments at our North Kingstown, East Greenwich or Warwick offices.

Our pediatric dietitian has appointments in our Cumberland, RI location 2 days a week as well.

NOTE: If you are not set on a specific dietitian, or you just want to be seen for weight loss or general nutrition - scroll down the list of dietitians and click on No Preference.This will give you the first available appointment for the patient.

When booking your appointment, please make sure to include your full name, telephone number and email address. It is critical that this is information is correct so that you receive the required intake paperwork and we are able to bill your insurance.

If you have one of the following:

  • Aetna

  • Cigna

  • Harvard Pilgrim

  • Tufts

    → MAY BE COVERED, See additional information below, then SUBMIT NEW PATIENT BOOKING FORM

Your insurance may cover nutrition services, but we’ll need to verify the details of your plan first. Please complete the New Patient Booking Form by clicking the button on the right. You will be asked to complete a few details and submit them to our intake team. We will review your benefits and get back to you within 24 business hours with your coverage details and next steps for scheduling.

✅ If you have Medicare (traditional):

Covered only for Type 2 diabetes or kidney disease

Medicare only covers nutrition visits if certain conditions are present. Just to check—have you ever been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes or kidney disease by your doctor?”

→ If YES: BOOK NOW
 → If NO: Please SUBMIT NEW PATIENT BOOKING FORM

Additionally, we do offer private pay options with our dietitians. You can learn more about our Optimal Wellness Package here.

✅ If you have a UHC Medicare Plan:

Do you have UHC Medicare Complete or UHC Medicare Advantage?

  • Medicare Complete → COVERED, BOOK NOW

  • Medicare Advantage → Only covers if a patient has Type 2 diabetes or kidney disease

    Medicare Advantage only covers nutrition visits if certain conditions are present. Just to check—have you ever been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes or kidney disease by your doctor?

    → If YES: BOOK NOW
    → If NO: Please SUBMIT NEW PATIENT BOOKING FORM

    Additionally, we do offer private pay options with our dietitians. You can learn more about our Optimal Wellness Package here.

If you BOOKED your appointment:

You will receive an email from Healthie, our secure portal. Please take 5-10 minutes now to follow the link, register and fill out the intake forms. Thank you so much and we look forward to helping you reach optimal wellness!

✅ PATIENT RESCHEDULING OR CANCELLING

Just a gentle reminder - RI Nutrition Therapy has a strict 48-cancellation policy. A $100 fee will automatically apply if a patient reschedules or cancels within 48 hours of their appointment. Patients can submit their reschedule or cancellation request using our Reschedule Request Form.

Note: New patients will only be able to reschedule once. For established patients, frequent reschedules may result in a patient being dismissed from our practice.

→ SUBMIT RESCHEDULE REQUEST FORM

✅ FOR GENERAL QUESTIONS

Please check out our FAQ’s page for more answers to your questions. Just click the FAQ button to your right.

If the above information does not answer your question, please SUBMIT GENERAL INQUIRIES FORM and a member of our team will get back to you within 24 business hours.