MedCity News June 27, 2023
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.
Medicare Advantage enrollees who received home-delivered meals after being hospitalized had lower odds of rehospitalization and death, a new study found.
The Kaiser Permanente Southern California study was published Sunday in JAMA Health Forum. In 2021, the organization began supplying home-delivered meals twice a day to eligible Medicare Advantage members who were hospitalized for heart failure. It also provided meals three times a day to a group of Medicare Advantage members covered under certain employer group plans who were hospitalized for any condition. The program followed the 2018...
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