Implementing Weight Management Strategies into Primary Care and the HOPE Project
Module Materials
Implementing the HOPE project into your primary care practice.
This module will walk you through the key components of the Medicare Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Obesity, how to utilize your care team to deliver weight management services, resources for offering the HOPE program, billing and coding information, and other weight management resources. Let’s get started!
Learning Objectives
- Describe the key components of the Intensive Behavioral Therapy (IBT) for Obesity benefit.
- Discuss a team approach to offering weight management services to patients with obesity.
- Implement billing and coding mechanisms for reimbursement for providing weight management services to patients with obesity.
Acknowledgements
Module Authors: Anne Nederveld, MD, MPH and Bonnie Jortberg, PhD, RDN, CDCES, University of Colorado School of Medicine
