What it’s worthwhile to know:

– Medical Residence Community (MHN), a company that helps value-based care in Federally Certified Well being Facilities (FQHCs), is partnering with Instacart, the North American grocery expertise chief, to leverage Instacart's SNAP eligibility screener combine into MHNConnect, its healthcare administration platform.

– The strategic partnership goals to handle meals insecurity amongst susceptible populations and enhance well being outcomes.

Addressing meals insecurity in FQHCs

FQHCs serve a good portion of the U.S. inhabitants, together with tens of millions of individuals from low-income households experiencing meals insecurity. Lack of entry to nutritious meals is a crucial social determinant of well being and contributes to an elevated danger of persistent ailments and developmental issues.

This partnership between MHN and Instacart will allow care groups in additional than 80 FQHCs to:

• Display screen sufferers for SNAP eligibility: Determine sufferers who could also be eligible for the Supplemental Vitamin Help Program (SNAP).
• Facilitate SNAP enrollment: Assist sufferers navigate the SNAP enrollment course of.
• Informing sufferers about using advantages: Present sufferers the right way to use their SNAP advantages by Instacart's grocery supply platform.

Integrating SNAP screening into care administration

By embedding Instacart's SNAP eligibility screener instantly into MHNConnect, the care administration platform utilized by MHN's companion FQHCs, this initiative can:

• Streamlines workflows: Integrates SNAP screening into present care administration processes.
• Improves effectivity: Offers care groups with easy-to-use instruments to determine and assist sufferers in want.
• Improves affected person care: Treats meals insecurity as a vital part of complete well being care.

Constructing on present partnerships

This collaboration builds on an present partnership between Instacart and Wellness West, a Chicago-based coalition of well being and security web establishments of which MHN is a founding member. It displays a shared dedication to addressing social determinants of well being and bettering well being fairness in underserved communities.

“Instacart is dedicated to eradicating limitations to entry to wholesome, nutritious meals by supply to greater than 98% of U.S. households and thru fee strategies like EBT SNAP,” stated Sarah Mastrorocco, Vice President and Basic Supervisor of Instacart Well being. “We’re proud to companion with a company like Medical Residence Community (MHN) that shares our imaginative and prescient. With this new device, MHN can higher help frontline well being care employees in connecting people eligible for SNAP advantages, serving to them get essentially the most out of SNAP.”