Renal Nutrition Registered Dietitian
Dietary & Nutritional Service Providers › Dietitian, Registered › Nutrition, Renal
About this specialty
An individual who is a Board Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition and works directly with adult and/or pediatric patients with acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 1-5, or receiving renal replacement therapies (dialysis/transplant) in a variety of settings, OR works indirectly in management, education, or research practice linked specifically to renal nutrition. The specialist in renal/nephrology nutrition is responsible for nutrition assessment, diagnosis, intervention, monitoring, and evaluation.
Source: The Commission on Dietetic Registration, https://www.cdrnet.org/certifications/specialty-practice-experience [7/1/2019: definition added, source added]
Highest Medicare-paid providers
| Provider | Location | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|
| HAEWOOK HAN, PHD, RD, CSR, LDN | BOSTON, MA | $42,603 |
| KRISTIN LEWIS, R.D. | PRESCOTT VALLEY, AZ | $32,826 |
| HEIDI SCHNEIDER, RD | MIDLOTHIAN, VA | $30,955 |
| BRITTANY SPARKS, RDN, CSR | BROOMFIELD, CO | $17,891 |
| KRISTIN DOMINGUEZ, MS, RD, LDN | HUDSON, FL | $16,156 |
| MEREDITH SIMS, DIETITIAN | GREENVILLE, SC | $15,228 |
| SHIH MIN CHANG, MS, RD, LD. | CONROE, TX | $14,221 |
| CRYSTAL BARROWS, RD | CHANDLER, AZ | $11,668 |
| MELISSA PIEPER, MBA, RD, CSR | GRAND BLANC, MI | $11,057 |
| LUBNA AKBANY, RD | NEWPORT BEACH, CA | $9,532 |
Ranked by total Medicare payments — a measure of billing volume, not care quality.
Taxonomy definitions from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (public domain). Provider counts derived from NPPES; payment figures from CMS Medicare data. Not affiliated with CMS, NPPES, NUCC, or any government agency.