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New Study Published in JAMA Network Open Models The Significant National Healthcare Cost Savings of the Medically Tailored Meal Model

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Monday, October 17, 2022
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This groundbreaking and thoughtful analysis by Kurt Hager and colleagues considers FIMC's years of innovation at the nexus of healthcare and nutrition.

Key Points: 
  • This groundbreaking and thoughtful analysis by Kurt Hager and colleagues considers FIMC's years of innovation at the nexus of healthcare and nutrition.
  • Over 35 years ago, FIMC agencies created the medically tailored meal intervention and now maintain nationwide nutrition and quality standards .
  • Medically tailored meals are one of the least expensive and most effective ways to improve our healthcare system in an equitable way.
  • The Food is Medicine Coalition (FIMC) is a national coalition of nonprofits providing medically tailored nutrition services to people across the country experiencing severe and chronic illnesses.

MTM Transit Expands Partnership With the Salem Area Mass Transit District

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Thursday, October 6, 2022
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LAKE SAINT LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MTM Transit is pleased to announce that it is expanding its presence in the Salem, Oregon, area under a new contract with the Salem Area Mass Transit District (SAMTD) .

Key Points: 
  • LAKE SAINT LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MTM Transit is pleased to announce that it is expanding its presence in the Salem, Oregon, area under a new contract with the Salem Area Mass Transit District (SAMTD) .
  • Now, following a competitive bidding process, MTM Transit is expanding with SAMTD even further through a new contract inclusive of call center and transportation services.
  • MTM Transit's Chief Operating Officer Brian Balogh added, "SAMTD is an incredibly valued partner to MTM Transit.
  • In 2009, MTM's leadership established MTM Transit, an affiliate that provides direct paratransit and fixed-route transit services.

Largest Study of Medically Tailored Meals Advances with NIH Grant

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Monday, October 3, 2022
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BOSTON, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Community Servings today announced that its scientific collaboration with the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and UMass Chan Medical School has received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support a study of home-delivered medically tailored meals – an intervention already growing in use to improve health outcomes and lower medical costs for people living with critical and chronic illness.

Key Points: 
  • This study will help providers, payers and policymakers better understand the impact of medically tailored meals.
  • This is the third NIH grant awarded for medically tailored meal intervention studies on which Community Servings has collaborated with researchers.
  • This 30-month collaboration will examine the experiences of more patients than any previous study of medically tailored meals (MTM).
  • Our kitchen team, with support from thousands of volunteers, prepares over 1,000,000 medically tailored meals that are served to more than 5,000 clients annually.

Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics to Present at The Allen D. Leman Swine Conference

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Monday, September 19, 2022
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Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics LLC , a One Health and One World company developing vaccines and diagnostic tools for global public health and zoonosis concerns, today announced that Jerry Torrison, DVM, PhD, Senior Vice President of Animal Health, will present at the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, being held in the St. Paul River Center, Minnesota, on Sept. 17 20, 2022.

Key Points: 
  • Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics LLC , a One Health and One World company developing vaccines and diagnostic tools for global public health and zoonosis concerns, today announced that Jerry Torrison, DVM, PhD, Senior Vice President of Animal Health, will present at the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, being held in the St. Paul River Center, Minnesota, on Sept. 17 20, 2022.
  • Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics LLC is a One Health company based in Maryland that is developing vaccines and diagnostic tools for worldwide public health concerns and to prevent future pandemics.
  • Since its inception in 2006, Longhorn has focused on developing vaccines and diagnostic tools that can impact a pandemic on a global scale and at all socio-economic levels.
  • Since pandemics flow between humans and animals, Longhorn caters to both in order to surveil, diagnose, prevent and treat the next infectious disease.

Vatic Outsourcing LLC Provides a Cellular Data Management Service to Increase Savings For Businesses

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Thursday, September 8, 2022
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ATLANTA, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Vatic Outsourcing LLC, a premier Atlanta-based telecommunications consulting and management company, is striving to help corporations reduce their data costs exponentially by providing a new Mobile Traffic Management (MTM) service that helps companies keep their expenses and data usage under control.

Key Points: 
  • ATLANTA, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Vatic Outsourcing LLC, a premier Atlanta-based telecommunications consulting and management company, is striving to help corporations reduce their data costs exponentially by providing a new Mobile Traffic Management (MTM) service that helps companies keep their expenses and data usage under control.
  • Any business that provides its employees with devices such as smartphones or tablets is aware of the potential problems and associated costs that come with data overage charges.
  • In fact, an average of 70% of all data consumption on business mobile devices comes from social media platforms and streaming services.
  • As a full-service telecom management company , Vatic Outsourcing provides services in expense management, managed mobility, provisioning, and IT help desk resources for companies of all sizes.

Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics Appoints Zoe Silver as Senior Vice President of Genomics & Diagnostics

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Thursday, September 8, 2022
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Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics LLC , a One Health company developing vaccines and diagnostic tools for global public health and zoonosis concerns, announced today that Zoe Silver has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Genomics & Diagnostics.

Key Points: 
  • Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics LLC , a One Health company developing vaccines and diagnostic tools for global public health and zoonosis concerns, announced today that Zoe Silver has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Genomics & Diagnostics.
  • Silver brings over 25 years of experience as a senior level executive in commercialization that spans the medical and consumer industries.
  • Zoe will help our team expand our diagnostics side beyond PrimeStore MTM with a One Health approach, said Longhorn CEO Gerald W. Fischer, MD.
  • Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics LLC is a One Health company based in Maryland that is developing vaccines and diagnostic tools for worldwide public health concerns and to prevent future pandemics.

Agadia Systems, Inc. Announces Integration with CQ fluency within Prior Authorization Solution, PAHub

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022
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PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Agadia Systems, Inc. (Agadia), a recognized healthcare technology solution provider for over 50 of the nation's leading Health Plans & PBMs, is announcing an integrationwith language solutions provider, CQ fluency, to provide translation services within Agadia's prior authorization solution, PAHub.

Key Points: 
  • PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Agadia Systems, Inc. (Agadia), a recognized healthcare technology solution provider for over 50 of the nation's leading Health Plans & PBMs, is announcing an integrationwith language solutions provider, CQ fluency, to provide translation services within Agadia's prior authorization solution, PAHub.
  • With this integration, PAHub will allow clients to meet their language translation needs for templates, explanations and notification letters during the prior authorization process.
  • "We are very excited to integrate CQ fluency's robust translation capabilities with our cutting-edge prior authorization automation technology in PAHub.
  • "As an exclusive translation vendor for the CMS and 60+ health plans, CQ fluency has a complete understanding of the prior authorization guidelines and best practices to avoid sanctions for non-compliance.

Tom Wiese Promoted to MTM Chief Legal Officer

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Thursday, September 1, 2022
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LAKE SAINT LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tom Wiese, an accomplished attorney with demonstrated success in providing strategic legal advice to organizations in the healthcare industry, has been named MTM's new Chief Legal Officer effective Sept. 1, 2022.

Key Points: 
  • LAKE SAINT LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tom Wiese, an accomplished attorney with demonstrated success in providing strategic legal advice to organizations in the healthcare industry, has been named MTM's new Chief Legal Officer effective Sept. 1, 2022.
  • As Chief Legal Officer, Tom ensures MTM adheres to federal, state, and local laws, as well as regulatory requirements, in all of the company's operating areas.
  • He is MTM's chief advisor and representation on all legal matters, and oversees the execution of all contracts with clients, vendors, and providers.
  • Tom has been with MTM since early 2022, when he joined the organization as Associate General Counsel.

CommonSpirit Health at Home and ExactCare improve Patient Outcomes with Integrated Access to Comprehensive Pharmacy Services at Home

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Thursday, September 1, 2022
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A recent analysis demonstrated better outcomes for an important home health quality measureOASIS M2020: Improvement in Management of Oral Medicationsfor CommonSpirit Health at Home patients receiving comprehensive long-term pharmacy services from ExactCare.

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  • A recent analysis demonstrated better outcomes for an important home health quality measureOASIS M2020: Improvement in Management of Oral Medicationsfor CommonSpirit Health at Home patients receiving comprehensive long-term pharmacy services from ExactCare.
  • This demonstrates that providing patients access to comprehensive pharmacy services enhances the successful transition of medication therapies into the home environment.
  • ExactCare and CommonSpirit Health at Home have partnered for more than two years to provide comprehensive long-term pharmacy care to people at home.
  • CommonSpirit Health at Home is proud to be part of CommonSpirit Health, the largest non-profit health care system in the country.

The California Food is Medicine Coalition Announces New Director to Advance Medically Tailored Nutrition in California

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Monday, August 29, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The California Food is Medicine Coalition (CalFIMC), an association of leading nutrition services providers in the state, named Michelle Kuppich the new director of CalFIMC.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The California Food is Medicine Coalition (CalFIMC), an association of leading nutrition services providers in the state, named Michelle Kuppich the new director of CalFIMC.
  • Kuppich will be responsible for leading the Coalition's advocacy efforts, advancing awareness and understanding of evidence-based medically tailored nutrition, guiding the development of strategic programs of the Coalition and driving the expansion of healthcare partnerships that provide medically-tailored nutrition programs.
  • Her previous experiences include patient care, disease management, clinical quality, and she has extensive knowledge about health insurance, use of outcomes data, and reimbursement.
  • She brought her extensive experience in food systems, policy, and food security to the coalition.