Refer Your Patients With Confidence
Trusted by 2,000+ healthcare providers nationwide.
Medical professionals and payers trust Culina Health to provide personalized, culturally-competent clinical nutrition support that leads to better patient health outcomes and quality of life. Our care is patient-centered, evidence-based, and covered by most insurance plans.
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Referring to Culina Health
One-Step Referral: Refer patients via our intake form, e-fax to 201-473-5812, or directly in your EMR. We are happy to explore technology integrations with your systems to facilitate easy referrals.
Knowledge Sharing: As a referring partner, you gain access to Culina Health’s bi-weekly newsletter featuring the latest in nutrition research, and RD availability for nutrition education.
Patient Matching and Intake: We reach out to referred patients within 24 hours to onboard them into care. A patient matches with a dietitian through our online platform and sets up an initial 60-minute intake session.
Peer-to-Peer Learning: Receive invitations to exclusive virtual and in-person events, and opportunities to share and learn from your peers. Leverage the strength of the Culina Health partner network for professional development and resources.
Coordinated Care: You receive care notes for your patient within 24 hours after a session is complete, and can reach out to our RDs with any follow-up questions. Our founders provide dedicated support for any feedback or issues that may arise.
We’re in-network with most major insurance plans
Clinical Rigor Leads to Great Outcomes
Culina Health partners with healthcare providers to increase access to insurance-covered clinical nutrition sessions with hospital-trained registered dietitians. 80% of our patients are seeing a dietitian for the first time, and many come to us through provider referrals. Our industry-leading partnership approach comprises:
Collaborative, integrated partnership
Diverse, culturally-affirming care
Founded and led by clinicians
Clinically-trained dietitians
Fully HIPAA-compliant practices
Small, specialized, supervised care teams
Interested in exploring a partnership? Email us at partnerships@culinahealth.com.
For Payers and Health Plans
Culina Health’s partnership with CloseKnit, the telehealth primary care arm of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, makes us the first and only clinical nutrition provider with an exclusive payer relationship. Through CloseKnit, we make nutrition care accessible to 3.5 million covered lives in all 50 states. Contact us to discuss how we can help your members achieve health outcomes above the normative data and reduce the total cost of care for your system.
“Culina Health offers a level of support, caring, compassion, and attention that is uncommon in today’s healthcare system.”
– Doba Parushev, Managing Partner, Healthworx
Our Results
The Culina Method™ has demonstrated sustained weight loss and effective management and prevention of chronic diseases. Our nutrition interventions help patients achieve health outcomes that exceed current industry standards for nutrition care.
Long-term, Sustainable Weight Loss
-5% average body weight loss between 6-12 months*
24% above standard care of nutrition
-6% average body weight loss between 1-2 years
41% above standard care of nutrition
-8% average body weight loss in 2 or more years**
63% above standard care of nutrition
80% of patients experienced body weight loss
17% moved out of obesity category
Chronic Disease Prevention and Management
63% better than standard of nutrition care
-22.3mg/DL LDL-Cholesterol reduction in 4 mos.
-10.5 mmHg Systolic Blood Pressure
reduction in 6 mos.
106% better than standard of nutrition care
-8.2 mmHg Diastolic Blood Pressure reduction in 2 mos.
140% better than standard of nutrition care
-1.1 points Type 2 Diabetes A1c reduction in 4 mos.
88% better than standard of nutrition care
Who refers to Culina Health?
Primary care physicians
We work with primary care physicians to provide tailored nutrition care based on the physician’s findings and the patient’s lifestyle and circumstances. We help patients with general healthy eating, pre-diabetes and metabolic syndrome, eating disorders, weight loss, dyslipidemia, malnutrition, and weight gain.
Gastroenterologists
Our GI registered dietitians support patients with a range of GI conditions, including IBS, celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity, lactose intolerance and other food intolerances, GERD, SIBO, gastroparesis, NAFLD, and malnutrition. Through regular sessions, GI patients experience improvement in their digestive health issues and quality of life.
Weight Loss Specialists
We provide intensive lifestyle interventions for sustainable weight loss for patients on and off weight loss medication (including GLP-1 agonists), bariatric nutrition, and weight loss for patients with complex endocrine conditions, including PCOS, metabolic syndrome, and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.
Cardiologists
We guide patients to make heart-healthy food choices that manage risk factors associated with heart disease such as high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol levels, and obesity. Our comprehensive approach complements medical treatments and promotes long-term well-being. Our services are particularly valuable for patients with conditions like hypertension or hyperlipidemia, and those aiming to prevent cardiovascular issues.
Obstetrician-gynecologists
We support a variety of reproductive health needs including fertility, managing hormonal balance, and ensuring a healthy pregnancy. We provide nutrition guidance to patients who are pregnant or trying to conceive on preconception nutrition, fertility optimization, and prenatal care, and provide nutrition support through complications like hyperemesis gravidarum, gestational diabetes, and preeclampsia.
Endocrinologists and Reproductive Endocrinologists
Our RDs and certified diabetes care and education specialists (CDCES) work with endocrinologists to help patients manage type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes with nutrition and lifestyle interventions. Our team provides diabetes education, intensive nutrition education, weight management education and motivational interviewing, and remote patient monitoring (RPM) for devices (scale, BG meter, BP monitor, ketone meter, CGM, etc.)
We also work with:
Pediatric and Family Medicine
Nephrologists
Oncologists
Sports Medicine
Mental and Behavioral Health Specialists
Dermatologists
Interested in exploring a partnership? Email us at partnerships@culinahealth.com.
FAQs
Yes! We’re in network with most major health insurance plans including Aetna, Cigna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and United Healthcare. Review our comprehensive list of accepted insurance plans.
Most patients schedule a session within 7-10 days of our first point of contact. Patients can see a dietitian as early as 1-2 days from the time of booking. Telehealth appointments are available on weekdays, evenings, and weekends to accommodate a variety of schedules.
Yes! We share clinical care notes regularly, so our medical partners always know what’s happening with their patient’s nutrition counseling. Our registered dietitians are also available for real-time coordinated care and consultation as needed.
After their initial introductory session, most patients will schedule sessions weekly or bi-weekly. Our dietitians are also able to administer quick check-ins between sessions using the messaging feature on our HIPAA compliant app.
Fill out our referral form here or share our sign-up link with your patient. Your patient will have the opportunity to identify you as the referring physician when they sign up.
We specialize in Sustainable Weight Loss Nutrition, Gastrointestinal and Digestive Health, Heart and Cardiovascular Health, Diabetes and Prediabetes, Hormone Health, General Healthy Eating and Wellness, among other areas of expertise. Because all our registered dietitians have experience working in hospital settings, we are uniquely prepared to support patients with chronic diseases and presenting with comorbidities and complex health conditions.
