Our objective was to gauge enrollees’ attitudes today: How is COVID-19 affecting people’s perceptions of their healthcare options and benefits right now?" "Given this year’s spike in food insecurity and the ongoing pandemic, our team at Mom’s Meals decided to replicate a survey we initially conducted in 2017 - where we asked Medicare and Medicaid recipients who have at least one chronic condition to comparatively rank healthcare activities and benefits. "It’s a well-known fact that food insecurity and poor nutrition are associated with several chronic illnesses that put people at higher risk for more severe complications of COVID-19," she wrote in a blog post Thursday at "Today’s food access crisis actually threatens to deepen the already large and troubling disparities in health outcomes for our most vulnerable populations - including older adults, people of color, low-income individuals, and those with chronic conditions. The coronavirus has made Mom's Meals products and delivery service more important, said Catherine Macpherson, the company's vice president for product strategy and development and chief nutrition officer. Anderson acknowledged the turbulent transition, but said a client survey showed a 95% satisfaction rate nationally. Many state senior citizens were displeased with the service when the Southern Oklahoma Development Association switched last summer to Mom's Meals and its boxed, refrigerated food, packed for two weeks at a time, from the nonprofit Southern Oklahoma Nutrition Program, which provided daily hot meals on weekdays. The meals "include food tailored to meet the needs of individuals of all ages with chronic conditions, including diabetes, kidney disease, cancer and heart disease, with the goal of reducing hospital readmissions and keeping members healthier and independent at home," the company said.
Mom’s Meals provides prepared, refrigerated meals delivered directly to people's homes through Medicaid, Medicare and programs to support long-term, chronic, and postdischarge care. We’re grateful to the state of Oklahoma for their partnership, and look forward to supporting the economic development of Oklahoma City.” “As more people hope to remain in their homes as they age, recuperate at home after a hospital stay, or as people of all ages manage a chronic condition like diabetes, we are excited to deliver nutritious meals when they need it most. “We continue to hit new milestones for growth,” Anderson said. The Oklahoma Commerce Department did not have any information to release Thursday afternoon. Anderson declined to discuss details of state incentives. The Rockwell Avenue plant will initially employ about 125 people and eventually up to 550, he said. Tippman Construction in Fort Wayne, Indiana, an industrial cold storage specialist, is the general contractor. The first phase of construction will take until late 2021, he said.
The one here is the company's first "greenfield" project, meaning built from the ground up on vacant land, said Michael Anderson, president of Mom's Meals, which is based in Ankeny, Iowa. Mom's other industrial kitchen-packaging-logistics centers are in Grinnell, Iowa, and North Jackson, Ohio, in retrofitted space. It will cost an estimated $17,750,600, city records show. in Rockwell Industrial Park just west of Will Rogers World Airport. The company's third regional fulfillment center will be at 6849 S Rockwell Ave. Mom's Meals, which produces refrigerated home-delivered meals in the health care market - and which caused some southern Oklahoma seniors to turn their nose up last year - is building a 200,000-square-foot kitchen/food prep facility in Oklahoma City.