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$0 meal delivery after an inpatient hospital stay

Nutrition plays a critical role in maintaining optimal health—and we want to help! BCBSRI offers our Medicare Advantage members a meal delivery program through ILS Meals by Independent Living Systems. You’ll get a week’s worth of meals delivered to your door—up to four times a year—when you get home from an inpatient hospital stay.

Home delivered meals offer a convenient and affordable way to recover once you are discharged from an inpatient hospital stay. The hospital discharge planner will help coordinate this benefit.

Benefits of the meal delivery program are:

$0 copay
Meals delivered directly to your home following hospital stays
Easy to heat in conventional ovens and microwaves
Flash frozen for guaranteed freshness

Nutritionally balanced—carbohydrate, sodium, fat, and portion controlled
Menus designed and reviewed by registered, licensed dietitians and updated every six months to provide variety

13 Menu types to meet your unique needs

*Indicates heart healthy meal

Diabetic*
Low-carbohydrate meals recommended to control diabetes
Ethnic options*
Southwestern
Fish free*
Meals that do not contain fish
General wellness*
Nutritionally balanced
Glatt kosher
Prepared in adherence to Jewish law
Gluten free diabetic*
Excluded to control for carbohydrate content
Gluten free*
Contains less than 20 ppm gluten per meal

Halal
Prepared in adherence to Islamic law
Pork free*
Meals that do not contain pork
Puree*
For those with difficulty swallowing
Renal*
Supports nutritional needs for most kidney disease patients
Shelf stable*
Meals are foods that can be safely stored at room temperature
Vegetarian*
Free from animal proteins and includes dairy, eggs, beans, plant proteins, and nuts

For more information on the meals program, call Independent Living Systems at 833-853-8946 (toll free) and provide your BCBSRI Member ID number. Call Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Deliveries are made Monday through Friday only.

ILS Meals is one of the nation’s largest nutritional providers, delivering high-quality, medically tailored therapeutic meals.

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