Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

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Food for Thought: Meal Planning Reduces Hospital Readmissions, Research Suggests

If you want to cut down on hospital readmissions, meal planning might be the ticket, suggest the findings of a new study in the journal Health Affairs. A study led by a University of North Carolina researcher compared admissions and health spending for "nutritionally vulnerable patients" receiving both "medically tailored" meal delivery and "nontailored" meals. "Compared with matched nonparticipants, participants [...]
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