Billable Units of Service 650-25-45-05

(Revised 1/1/13 ML#3359)

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1. For billing purposes, one congregate meal equals one unit of service.
2. For billing purposes, one home-delivered meal equals one unit of service.

1. Nutrition providers must record the type of home-delivered meal provided in the Subservice section of SAMS Service Delivery.
2. All frozen meals must be recorded only as a sub-service of home-delivered meals. If a frozen meal is prepared for consumption at a congregate site, the meal must be recorded in SAMS Service Delivery as Congregate Meal with the subservice Hot/Cold Meal.
3. A nutritional supplement is considered as one meal if the client is only able to consume liquid food as indicated by a physician order and supervised by a Registered Dietitian.

Each billable unit of service received by a client must be recorded in the client's individual record in the SAMS data system by the 15th of the month following service delivery.

 

Congregate and home-delivered meal registrations and the provision of nutrition education and nutrition counseling are considered part of nutrition services and are not billable units of service.