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Choctaw Health Center will coordinate with Anderson Regional Health System, Regency Hospital Company, Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian, MS, University Medical Center and St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, MS to provide meals to MBCI patients' immediate family members who are MBCI enrolled tribal members. South Central Regional Medical Center/Hospital in Laurel, MS is not specifically included in the Meals Program as they reportedly have an established Indigent Meals Program. Patient/families that need meal ticket assistance should request to see the social worker or Director of Social Services at the nurse's station for meal assistance. Reportedly, there are no income guidelines in their program.

Allowable

• A family member who is required by the attending physician to stay with the patient during hospital confinement.
• The medical necessity of having someone in the room for the patient's safety and wellbeing during serious (life threatening) sickness/mjury.
• The patient has a need for interpretive language services which will assist the medical staff in caring for the patient.
• The family member is needed to provide essential information critical to the patient's care e.g., an adult family member is required in the event of having to sign emergency medical consents.
• Patients who have medical problems which care considered critical in nature and older patients who have difficulty in understanding and speaking English will be identified by nursing, patient advocate, or social workers in contracted facilities.
• The patient is confined to ICU or CCU or NICU.
• Anderson's Hospital provides meals at no cost to one parent staying with children under the age of twelve years old. These meals are brought the child's room as a guest tray. If the attending physician requires both parents to stay, CHC will pay for the other parent's guest tray.
• Meal Authorization is not to exceed $10.00 per meal.
• The cost of meals for one family member, only, for breakfast, lunch and supper will be authorized when needed.

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