With value-based care here to stay, many Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) are innovating ways to meet the needs of their vulnerable populations. One way is by incorporating medically tailored, home-delivered meals programs as a way to harness positive clinical, quality and cost outcomes.

Specifically, home-delivered meals programs for post-discharge patients and for members with chronic conditions have proven effective in reducing healthcare utilization, lowering hospital admissions, and shortening inpatient stays.

Through home-delivered meals programs, MCOs have also been able to move the needle on quality measures outlined in the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) and the Medicaid Adult Core Set.

As enrollment in MCOs continues to grow the need to address social determinants of health is rising. In this white paper, we address:

• Value-based payment models and how home-delivered meals can impact quality measures
• Food access and social determinants of health
• Quality and cost benefits of home-delivered meals
• Evaluating home-delivered meals programs
• Program design, benefits and case studies
• Ways MCOs are innovating

Mom’s Meals® is a leading national provider of refrigerated, home-delivered meals and nutrition services. We work with Medicaid MCOs across the country and can share best practices for building a home-delivered meals program that drives results and improves health outcomes of your vulnerable members.

Let us help you explore how a home-delivered meals program can help your organization’s clinical, quality and cost initiatives.