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Get your free 90-minute virtual meeting with Wellcoaches leaders. Learn about trainings, certifications, the coaching industry, and get your questions answered. Want to learn about Wellcoaches? We'd love to connect with you! Learn the Logistics of Wellcoaches Training Coming Soon Join Diana Diamantopoulos, Wellcoaches Relationship Manager, for a 60-minute information session where you’ll leave knowing how to: choose your training path and cohort get registered and access your student portal to see your coursework and make payments be prepared for your first class! Meet Coach Meg - Spend an hour with Wellcoaches Founder and CEO, Margaret Moore Learn how Wellcoaches and the field of health and well-being coaching began, where it's at today, and where it's going Get an overview of Wellcoaches' evidence-based curriculum and how you can sail your career and well-being with Wellcoaches Tuesday, Sept 8th at 1 PM ET Coming Soon Testimonials Participating in the 4-day Wellcoaches training & certification process was a rewarding experience. The pace of the program was just what I needed as a busy mom with a demanding career in healthcare. The curriculum was well put together and the instructors were simply amazing. I loved that they offered real life experiences and presented the content in a manner that was easily understood. The self paced modules provided me with an opportunity to review them at my convenience, some of which I reviewed multiple times because the information was so intriguing. At the completion of the Wellcoaches training & certification program, I feel I have learned priceless skills that I can use in my everyday life as a nurse, leader, coach, and entrepreneur. I am thankful to have found such an amazing program that has provided me with a solid foundation to coach clients with confidence. Kai Lang DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CHWC

Earn your CHEF Coaching culinary medicine certificate with our Clinicians CHEF Coaching Program. Advance your skills and join us today! Clinicians CHEF Coaching Culinary Medicine Program: About CHEF Coaching CHEF Coaching Research CHEF Coaching in the Press Culinary Medicine Resources CHEF Coaching Faculty Testimonials Subscribe to CHEF Coaching Newsletter Culinary Medicine Course Clinicians Culinary Healthcare Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching is a two-part evidence-based training program focused on culinary coaching--a novel, evidence-based approach to improve nutrition that combines culinary training, health coaching principles, and telemedicine tools and resources. The program is designed to train clinicians, health & well-being coaches, and chefs to provide easy-to-follow culinary instruction and education directly to patients and clients in order to improve the quality – and often reduce the cost – of food preparation in the home. Upon completion of the two-part program, participants should expect to improve both their culinary and coaching skills and translate this new knowledge to empowering clients and patients to improve and expand home cooking. This evidence-based tool will help improve your patients' and clients' nutrition, overall health, and longevity. This program is for Physicians, healthcare professionals, health and wellness coaches, and chefs who would like to: Improve their competencies in culinary medicine Deliver the evidence-based culinary coaching program Improve their culinary skills and self-behavior Lead a culinary medicine program Want to learn more? Join us for an info session at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 29. If you cannot attend live, register to receive the recording. You can view a previous info session hosted in May here. Register Part I: CHEF Coaching - The Basics Date/time: 8 - 9:30 p.m. ET Tuesdays, September 15-October 13 7.5 CEUs: Wellcoaches, ACSM, NBHWC, NCHEC Pending approval: AAFP ECs and CDR The Basics course fee: $495 Part I: September 2026 Part I +Part II:September/October 2026 CHEF Coaching the Basics offers a deep dive into culinary coaching. Attendees receive the latest updates on culinary medicine and the culinary coaching approach and acquire new skills, tools, and resources to empower patients to adopt sustainable and nutritious home-cooking behaviors. This course provides education and experience that will keep graduates of the program at the forefront of this critical global trend, leading by example to improve and increase healthy eating for patients and themselves. Participants will learn: Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine and Culinary Medicine The nutritional science of home cooking; why doesn’t my patient cook? The Basics for Healthy Cooking; getting patients into the kitchen Cooking with little time or budget; mastering home cooking In-office culinary education tools and delivery strategies Mastering the Culinary Coaching approach Learn More: CHEF Coaching the Basics Syllabus Part II: CHEF Coaching - Beyond the Basics October Class Schedule Options Beyond the Basic course fee: $495 7.5 CEUs: Wellcoaches, ACSM, NBHWC, NCHEC Pending approval: AAFP ECs and CDR Part II: October 2026 Part I +Part II (September/October 2026) CHEF Coaching Beyond the Basics builds on the foundational components of the CHEF Coaching Basics course. The series consists of weekly skills-development sessions with opportunities to practice culinary coaching with peers, making staple recipes, and working toward personal culinary goals, including one hands-on culinary telemedicine class. In this series, participants will: Experience how to put the skills from Part 1 into practice with small-group learning. Explore new culinary practices in your own kitchen. Practice culinary coaching strategies with your colleagues. Improve your competencies to prescribe nutrition through reflections with a program faculty member. Learn More: CHEF Coaching Beyond the Basics Syllabus Who can take this course? Participants who have completed the CHEF Coaching Basics Course through Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, or Wellcoaches. 2026 Beyond the Basics Schedule Beyond the Basics beginning the week of October 19 (following September's CHEF Coaching the Basics) Group 1 - 7 - 8:30 p.m. ET Mondays, October 19-November 23 (Facilitator Laura Klein - coach/chef) Group 2 - 11 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. ET Tuesdays, October 20-November 24 (Facilitator Jane Barg- coach/chef) Group 3 - 6 - 7:30 p.m. ET Wednesdays, October 21-December 2 (Facilitator Karla Arancibia- physician) Group 4 - 8 - 9:30 a.m. ET Fridays, October 23-November 20 (Facilitator Laura Klein - coach/chef) Wellcoaches Cancellation Policy Cancellations and refund requests must be received in writing via mail or email. Any applicable refund will be determined by the date that the request is mailed or sent (if requested by email) according to the following policy: •If you request a refund prior to the class start date, you may receive a refund for 95% of the course fee. •No refunds will be granted after the first class. October Beyond the Basics Basics September October Beyond the Basics Schedule

Wellcoaches training is science-based & innovative health, wellness and personal coach training. Flexible options ranging from in-person to 100% on-line. Endorsed by American College of Sports Medicine, American College of Lifestyle Medicine and the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine. Coach Training. Life-changing. Evidence-based. Coaching excellence. Become a National Board Certified Coach & Become an ICF Credentialed Coach Free Information Session Register and Get Started Train where coaching science began - and history is still being made. 24 peer-reviewed studies. The field's textbook. CEO Co-Founder of the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching and the Institute of Coaching. 94% board exam pass rate. And the first AI Coach Assistant . Video didn't open? View it here . Register for classes now Register for a free information session 1. Begin with Wellcoaches Health & Well-being Coach Training & Certification Foundational coach track for those who want to master coaching competencies. There are three pathways: Certified Health and Well-being Coach (a Wellcoach®) Certified Health and Well-being Coach with a Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine Requirements, Costs & Timelines Register for a free information session 2. Next, earn the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching Certification Once you have achieved the Wellcoaches Certification, you may be eligible to become a National Board Certified - Health and Wellness Coach. Requirements, Costs & Timelines 3. Then, earn the International Coaching Federation Certification Once you have achieved the Wellcoaches Certification and completed our Advanced Coach Training and Certification, you may be eligible to earn an ICF Certification. Requirements, Costs & Timelines When you invest in a coaching credential, you want to know it means something. Wellcoaches is the school behind the science, the textbook, the national standards, and the future of the profession — so your credential carries weight from day one. Register Now Get more info Why Wellcoaches The Science of Coaching How Coaching Works Coaching Excellence We collaborate with partners, including the American College of Sports Medicine and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, to help everyone who works in healthcare and wellness learn how to coach to improve health, well-being, and quality of life. We are also an approved training program for the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching. Together, let's create a world where everyone welcomes change, enjoys growth, and is good at both. Statistically significant positive outcomes 211 coaches, 31,060 patients/clients, 128,676 coaching sessions The Wellcoaches Protocol of health/well-being coaching is the most thoroughly tested coaching protocol in the healthcare and well-being domains, resulting in positive, statistically significant outcomes in all 24 peer-reviewed studies . Wellcoaches Research How Coaching Works video The Science of Coaching Learn More About Your AI Coach Assistant Testimonials I studied Athletic Training in my undergraduate years, then went on to become a graduate assistant where I was able to use my athletic training skills as a Certified ATC while obtaining my Master’s Degree in Human Services: Health and Wellness. I chose Wellcoaches for my road to the NBHWC because I really wanted to be a part of the best of the best! I wanted a program that really cared for its student success, was life and health-changing for future clients, and used evidence-based practice and research while always being open to learning! I’m in Module 2 currently and so far, Wellcoaches has far exceeded my expectations! Nicole Dowman Continuing Education For coaches: ICF and NBHWC For physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants: AAFP For health educators: NCHEC For RNs, APRNs, and LPNs: ANCC For exercise science professionals: ACE , ACSM and NASM For RDs, RDNs, DTRs and NDTRs: CDR I'm a Physician. Is coaching right for me? I'm a Nurse. Is coaching right for me? Get Hired. 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Comments to CMS close September 14, 2026 On July 16, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed what Wellcoaches has worked toward for twenty-five years: national Medicare payment for health and well-being coaching. CMS proposed national payment of three coaching codes — 0591T, 0592T and 0593T — available to Medicare beneficiaries across the country. This CMS move sets the stage for wider payment for coaching services beyond Medicare in the future. We are halfway there, and we will get the rest of the way with wide comments from a multitude of coaches, physicians/clinicians, and organizations. What Works The CMS proposal accomplishes several important things: 1. It establishes national payment rather than leaving these codes to be priced Medicare contractor by contractor, which has not occurred since the coaching codes were added to the Medicare telehealth list in 2024. 2. It values coaching against chronic care management, which is a good comparison — both are longitudinal, both are delivered by trained clinical staff, both support patients in the long stretches between office visits. 3. It keeps coaching on the Medicare Telehealth Services List, including audio-only delivery where permitted, which matters everywhere, but particularly for rural and homebound beneficiaries. 4. It recognizes that coaches employed by community-based organizations can furnish these services. 5. CMS declines to impose frequency limits, leaving the number of sessions to medical necessity rather than an arbitrary cap. 6. CMS adopts the CPT definition of what coaching that we (NBHWC and VA) established with the AMA CPT Panel: a patient-centered approach in which patients determine their own goals, use self-discovery and active learning, and self-monitor their behavior, all within a relationship with a coach. What We Are Asking CMS to Do Our comment letter makes six requests: 1. Replace the temporary Category III codes with permanent G-codes to indicate long-term commitment and update descriptors to state clearly what the service is and how much qualified professional coach time it requires. 2. Pro-rate the practice expense to the clinical labor time in each descriptor, so that sixty minute coaching sessions are paid as sixty minutes of clinical work, and thirty minute coaching sessions are paid as thirty minutes of clinical work. 3. Confirm that these services are furnished under general supervision, which is currently the standard of care. 4. Maintain the coach certification standard exactly as the codes already define it (created by NBHWC and AMA CPT Panel in 2021), as a condition of payment. 5. Direct the valuation of evidence-based education programs funded under the Older Americans Act to the diabetes self-management training codes, G0108 and G0109, which are built for accredited curriculum-based programs. While those programs are valuable; they are not the patient-directed service the coaching codes describe. 6. Extend the delivery-organization provision beyond community-based organizations to hospital outpatient departments, rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers. Why Your Comments Matter Wellcoaches is submitting detailed comments on coaching services for Medicare beneficiaries along with NBHWC and other organizations. Your own story as a coach or physician matters now to CMS, which reads every comment. How to Comment Before September 14 To get the full picture, here is a PPT summary of our requests and our draft comments: Download PPT overview Download draft comments We prepared two short guides - one for physicians and other billing practitioners, one for certified coaches: Download the guide for physicians Download the guide for coaches QUICK INSTRUCTIONS to SUBMIT CMS COMMENTS: 1. Go to this link: https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CMS-2026-2377 2. Click Comment. 3. For: What is your comment about? Select your professional type from dropdown. 4. Paste your comment into the box, or attach it as a PDF or Word file. 5. Submit before the comment period closes at 11:59 pm ET, September 14, 2026. Your comment becomes part of the permanent public record, including your name and everything you write. Comments close at 11:59 PM ET September 14, 2026. Don't miss the deadline! Wellcoaches Corporation has trained more than 16,000 health and wellness professionals over 25 years, co-founded(2010) and co-created (2010-2023) the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching and its national training standards, coaching competencies, and certification examination.

Karla Arancibia, MD, MPH CHEF Coaching Faculty Karla Arancibia is a lifestyle medicine physician and health and wellness and culinary coach providing services in Latin America, Europe and the United States. She is the co-founder of the Latin American Lifestyle Medicine Association (LALMA). She is a graduate of the CHEF Coaching program and is co-founder of the Lifestyle Medicine Clinics in Latin America and owns her own health and wellness coaching practice Healthview Lifestyle Institute in the U.S. Karla has also served as professor at Ricardo Palma University in the first accredited specialty in Lifestyle Medicine in Latin America for physicians and health professionals, where she was director of the culinary medicine workshops. She has been a speaker at several international symposiums, on radio, and on television. Jane Barg, NBC-HWC, Chef CHEF Coaching Faculty Jane Barg is a National Board-Certified Health and Wellness coach and a chef. She received her health coach training from Duke Integrative Medicine, Durham, NC. Jane oversees the education for the CHEF Coaching Program and serves as a member of the program faculty. She provides patient education as part of the CHEF Coaching study. In her private practice, Jane works with individuals and groups to help them make the changes needed to live healthier lives. She offers both culinary and health coaching programs in person and remotely. She is the founder of the Artful Palate catering company and has taught culinary classes in the Philadelphia region. Laura Klein, MBA, Chef, Health Coach CHEF Coaching Faculty Laura Klein is the owner of Well Seasoned Coaching and faculty for the CHEF Coaching program. As a Culinary Coach, Laura focuses on the challenges of maintaining a healthy lifestyle in today’s busy world. Through a combination of nutrition education, healthy goal setting and home cooking skills Laura helps her clients achieve their wellness goals. Laura’s coaching credentials include certifications from the Coaches Training Institute, Wellcoaches, The American Council on Exercise and Genavix Wellness Corporation. Additionally, Laura holds a certificate in culinary nutrition from the Natural Gourmet Institute and is a graduate of the CHEF Coaching program and the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts. Laura collaborates with physicians to teach healthy cooking classes to their patients and the public, both live and virtually. Laura is also a chef instructor at the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts. Rani Polak, MD, Chef, MBA, ICF-PCC Director, CHEF Coaching Program Culinary Medicine Training Lead, Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health Dr. Rani Polak is the founding director of both the Culinary Healthcare Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching program at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, and the Center of Lifestyle Medicine at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. His work, alongside lipid clinical care, focuses on translational research related to the Culinary Coaching method, which combines culinary training with health coaching principles. Dr. Polak is the principal investigator of the Culinary Coaching research group, which was the first to demonstrate the impact of a culinary medicine intervention on weight in a bi-center randomized controlled trial. After over a decade at Harvard Medical School, he now leads the CHEF Coaching program through Wellcoaches and directs culinary medicine training through the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, helping to disseminate culinary medicine to thousands of clinicians and health coaches worldwide. Dr. Polak’s work has been featured in many media outlets, including Scientific American, the International Herald Tribune, U.S. News & World Report, and USA Today.

Our CDR continuing education courses are for: Registered Dietitians (RD) Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDN) Dietetic Technician, Registered (DTR), and Nutrition and Dietetics Technician, Registered (NDTR) If you're seeking to expand industry knowledge and meet your professional development requirements in the nutrition field, our courses are for you! Our teachings are evidence-based and will lead you and your clients to feel confident, inspired, and ready to take action. View our CDR approved courses below. CDR Continuing Education Courses for Dietitians Core Coach Training: Module 1 - Cohorts prior to July 2026 - 27.5 CPEUs Cohorts after July 2026- 38.75 Attend in our virtual classroom with real-time instruction Wellcoaches supports dietitians throughout their careers by providing high-quality, engaging continuing education that meets CDR accreditation standards. Completion of Module 1 (including 100% attendance, completion of all lesson feedback surveys and a score of 80% or greater on quizzes) is required for course completion and to receive a Certificate of Attendance. See all upcoming classes. Lesson topics include:​ ​​Differentiating the coach from the expert How to establish growth-promoting relationships Coaching presence Expressing compassion through empathy Building positive emotions for resilience Eliciting motivation Building self-efficacy Readiness to change Building powerful visions Crafting designs for behavior experiments Creating generative (ah-ha!) moments Appreciative goal review Coaching habits e-course "I personally had such an amazing experience, I honestly didn’t want it to end! Thank you for your time and dedication to our training. You created a welcoming and comforting environment for all of us, which I believe was a crucial part of the training success and how we all felt as participants. I am very excited to have had this opportunity and look forward to continuing to grow and expand my knowledge in the coaching area. I also hope to continue working with you!" - Erica Cook, Wellness Program Coordinator, Clinical Exercise Physiologist Core Coach Training: Module 2 - Cohorts after July 2026 - 19.25 CPEUs Module 2 consists of 9 courses designed to deepen your coaching skills through demonstration, practice, and real-world application. You'll begin by strengthening core coaching abilities through hands-on practice in Organizing Your Emotions, Organizing Your Mind 1 and 2, Wellness Visions, and Generative Moments. These classes explore strategies based on brain science, steps based on coaching science, habits based on self science plus help develop the student's awareness of the connection between emotions and needs, while taking a new look at additional ways to create visions with clients that enable them to tap into the most creative process for creating a picture of their best life From there, you'll build the skills to support the whole patient — developing awareness of mental health conditions, cultural dynamics, and the broader environmental forces that shape health behaviors. You'll learn to recognize mental health warning signs and make appropriate referrals, develop cultural competence and humility, examine your own biases and assumptions, and explore how Social Determinants of Health and ecological systems shape a patient's perspective and well-being. Through self-reflection, skill-building, and practical application, you'll emerge equipped to practice with greater cultural responsiveness, psychological awareness, and respect for each patient's unique lived experience. A Certificate of Attendance is awarded upon completion of class attendance, all 7 feedback surveys, and a score of 80% or higher on all knowledge assessments. Professional Coach Training - 95 CEUs (Pending Prior Approval for 2027 cohort) This advanced program is specially designed for Certified Wellcoaches®, or Nationally Board Certified Coaches or ICF-ACC/PCC/MCC Coaches only Attend in our virtual classroom with real-time instruction and two on-site sessions Once you have completed our Core Coach Training & Certification program, start making plans to lift your coaching mastery to a galactic orbit with our nine-month advanced Professional Coach Training & Certification Program. This program is developing the future leaders of the health and wellness coaching industry. We built and continue to upgrade an innovative, science and neuroscience-based, robust coaching framework we call the "Onward & Upward Model" designed to enable Certified Wellcoaches® to help clients optimize mental and physical well-being. This is a hit-the-ball-out-of-the-park opportunity for Certified Wellcoaches®, Nationally Board Certified Coaches or ICF-ACC/PCC/MCC Coaches who want to be masterful coaches. The Professional Coach Training course includes: Two 2.5 day on-site sessions in January and September each year 32 ninety-minute virtual classes with the ability to practice new tools and skills in class, including 8 group coaching sessions. Six private mentor coaching sessions with feedback from coaching masters regarding the application of Wellcoaches protocols and International Coach Federation Competencies A reading list of over 20 carefully chosen books written by scientists and psychologists with a strong evidence basis Cost: $4100 A "Certificate of Attendance" is provided following class attendance, completion of a feedback surveys and all mentoring sessions. "The great thing about the PCT is not only the professional growth that you get from all of the tools and skills that you learn from all of the mentor coaching, and from all of the great Wellcoaches faculty, but the greatest value is the personal growth. The books that you read and the way that you process all of the new information is truly life-changing and transforming. It makes you a better professional but, more importantly, it makes you a better person." - Noah Gentner, PhD CDR Continuing Education Requirements Once all requirements are complete, a Certificate of Attendance will be provided to the dietitian professional. Participants will use this certificate to report completion of the course to CDR for continuing education credits Have questions about a course? Your Coach Concierge, assigned by the first letter of your last name, is here to support you: Telephone: (866) 932-6224 (866 WE-COACH) Your Last name A - G: Julie Cummings [ext 712 ] Your Last name H - O: Joanna Thomas [ext 743] Your Last name P - Z: Angela Carter-Lanon [ext 742]