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Medicaid Now Covers Medically Tailored Meals as Medicine
Original: Medicaid Medically Tailored Meals Support Food as Medicine
Medicaid programs are expanding coverage of medically tailored meals, treating nutrition as part of clinical care for patients with chronic or complex conditions. The approach, often called food as medicine, delivers meals designed to meet specific medical needs, and supporters say it can improve health outcomes while reducing costs from hospitalizations and other intensive treatments.
Why now: Medicaid's move to pay for medically tailored meals marks a notable shift toward food-based health interventions in public healthcare coverage.
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- Medicaid Medically Tailored Meals Support Food as Medicine · Specialty Pharmacy Continuum
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