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Medicaid Coverage for Medically Tailored Meals Expands
Original: Medicaid Medically Tailored Meals Support Food as Medicine
Medicaid programs are moving to cover medically tailored meals, an approach often described as food as medicine, in which meals are designed to meet the clinical needs of patients with conditions like diabetes, heart disease or kidney failure. The development reflects growing interest among health officials in nutrition-based care that may reduce hospitalizations and improve outcomes while lowering overall healthcare costs.
Why now: Medicaid's adoption of medically tailored meals signals broader momentum behind food as medicine policies in US healthcare.
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- Medicaid Medically Tailored Meals Support Food as Medicine · Specialty Pharmacy Continuum
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