3/05/2024 –
The programs are designed to improve health outcomes for two diverse segments of patients in Massachusetts: those with hypertension and Medicaid members with both chronic conditions and nutrition insecurity.
Season Health, the leading food-as-medicine platform designed to address chronic condition management at scale, today announced a partnership with Steward Health Care Network, the largest physician-led private for-profit health care network in the United States. The partnership includes two comprehensive programs in Massachusetts: the first is focused on patients with hypertension and the second supports Medicaid patients with chronic conditions who are experiencing nutrition insecurity.
Season’s food-as-medicine platform is now available for more than 4,000 qualifying patients across the commercial and Medicaid populations through the Steward Hypertension Project and Steward Flex Services, a MassHealth program funded through a 1115 waiver program. Both evidence-based programs include one-on-one clinical nutrition support from Season’s network of registered dietitians, home delivery of affordable medically-tailored meals and groceries, ongoing nutrition education, monthly food credits, and an integrated benefits bank tailored to each population…