California To Launch $6 Million Medicaid ‘Medically Tailored Meals” Pilot Program In 8 Counties

The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is preparing to launch a three-year Medicaid Medically Tailored Meals Pilot Program after January 1, 2018. The pilot will involve Medi-Cal (California Medicaid) beneficiaries with selected chronic health conditions who live in the following counties: Alameda, Los Angeles, Marin, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara, and Sonoma. The goal is to test the effect of an evidence-based, specialized nutrition program on the participants’ hospital readmissions related to their chronic health condition, admissions to long-term care facilities, and emergency room utilization related to complications of their chronic health condition . . .