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Study: Meal delivery programs linked to fewer emergency visits, lower costs – Becker’s Hospital CFO Report

April 3, 2018

Providing home-delivered meals to food insecure people may decrease healthcare spending, according to a study published by Health Affairs. For the study, researchers examined data for members of Commonwealth Care Alliance, a Boston-based nonprofit healthcare organization that serves adults ages 21 to 64 who are dually eligible for MassHealth (Medicaid) and Medicare.

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Bringing meals to people with food insecurity may deliver savings to the healthcare system – Los Angeles Times

April 2, 2018

A study conducted in Massachusetts suggests that making regular deliveries of meals to people who were deemed “food insecure” drove down their use of costly medical services such as emergency department visits, ambulance calls and, in some cases, hospital admissions.

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Home-delivered meals might reduce ER visits, study suggests – The Washington Post

April 2, 2018

Delivering meals to vulnerable sick people might be a simple way to cut back on emergency room visits and hospitalizations, reining in some of the costliest kinds of medical care, according to a new Health Affairs study.

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