food insecurity
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Report: The 4 Challenges Facing the Food as Medicine Movement
The food as medicine movement is gaining momentum, but there are several challenges, according to a PitchBook report. These challenges include resistance to diet restrictions and difficulty in tracking compliance.
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Kaiser Permanente Study: Meal Support Improves Outcomes for Older Adults
A Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published in JAMA Health Forum found that Medicare Advantage members who received meals after being discharged from the hospital had lower odds of rehospitalization and death.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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MedCity Influencers, Opinion, Payers
It’s Not Just Work Requirements; Food Insecurity is a Multidimensional Issue
Twelve short years ago I was a single mother, pregnant and surviving off of food stamps where I relied on the support of the SNAP program. Now, I’ve been given the opportunity to build a platform where I can give a voice to those in similar positions that I once was in and advocate for their needs.
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How Highmark Health Is Battling Food Insecurity
Highmark Health has been launching a series of initiatives to support the “food as medicine” movement, including a program that provides some West Virginia residents with debit cards to purchase healthy food at Dollar General stores.
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Consumer / Employer, Social Determinants
FarmboxRx Launches Program To Support Those Battling Food Insecurity
FarmboxRx’s new program, called Feed by FarmboxRx, will supply 200 people affected by SNAP cuts with one box of mixed fresh produce and one box of pantry items each month for six months. They’ll also receive educational materials on how to prepare the food.
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Consumer / Employer, Social Determinants
New Partnership Brings ‘Food Is Medicine’ Programs to Veterans
The Rockefeller Foundation is funding two produce prescription pilot programs at VA healthcare systems in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Houston, Texas. Eligible veterans will be able to enroll in About Fresh’s Fresh Connect program, which provides $100 per month through a debit card, allowing the veterans to buy healthy foods at the grocery store.
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How Blue Cross NC Is Using Its Hybrid Work Model to Battle Food Insecurity
Due to fewer employees working onsite, Blue Cross NC’s cafeteria is seeing less activity. The payer has decided to use its cafeteria to prepare meals and then distribute them to more than a dozen nonprofits, which then provide the meals to those in need in their communities.
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How Employers Can Support the Food as Medicine Movement
The Food as Medicine movement has received a lot of interest from payers and health systems recently. But employers need to get involved too, argues Dr. Bipin Mistry, chief medical officer of Alight.
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Highmark Health Launches Pilot Program Providing Medically-tailored Meals
The six-month pilot program aims to support 1,000 Highmark insurance members with certain chronic health conditions and who are at high-risk of food insecurity. These members will receive two medically-tailored meals a day, as well as coaching and social work to help them live a healthier lifestyle.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Season Health Commits $5M to Advance the Food-as-Medicine Movement
Through its $5 million commitment, Season Health will partner with health plans to sponsor pilot programs and help 1,000 members with diabetes. It will also help local entrepreneurs build or expand community kitchens.
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Payers could save $13.6B annually by covering medically-tailored meals, study finds
The study found that if certain adults received medically-tailored meals, about 1.6 million hospitalizations would have been avoided, resulting in $38.7 billion saved in healthcare expenditures. Programs to provide these meals would have cost $24.8 billion, leading to $13.6 billion in net savings, according to the report.
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Consumer / Employer, Social Determinants
Kaiser Permanente commits $50M to battle food and nutrition insecurity
Research has proven there is a strong link between food security and health outcomes. Kaiser Permanente’s $50 million commitment will build on things the organization is already doing, including connecting people with SNAP and sending medically tailored meals to patients recently hospitalized for certain diet-related chronic conditions.
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The power of food security on mental health: Can this be one of the missing puzzle pieces to solve our silent pandemic?
Food is one of the fundamental blocks for our survival and has a significant impact on our mental and physical health. An alarming 38 million Americans live in food-insecure households.
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Hospitals, Payers, Social Determinants
Healthcare leaders share lessons learned addressing social determinants of health
Leaders with insurers and health systems said that taking a holistic approach and partnering with community organizations is key to standing up a successful social determinants of health program at a panel discussion hosted by MedCity INVEST Digital Health.
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Health IT, Hospitals, Social Determinants
Hackensack Meridian Health partners with NowPow to create SDOH referral program
The NowPow referral platform, which is integrated into the New Jersey-based health system’s EHR, will enable clinicians and other care team members to provide patients — whose socioeconomic conditions are negatively affecting their health — with referrals to community resources, like food banks or rental assistance.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
