Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act

This bill would require the agency that runs Medicare to set up a temporary, six-year program where at least 40 hospitals deliver specially designed meals to the homes of certain Medicare patients. To qualify, patients must have a disease affected by diet, like kidney disease, live at home, need help with at least two daily activities, and be at high risk of being readmitted to the hospital. Hospitals in the program would need to have a doctor, dietitian, nurse, or social worker check on patients when they leave the hospital and every 12 weeks after that to see if they still qualify for the meals.

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