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Deploy a Food is Medicine® program for your population

Healthy food, delivered through the benefit you already manage — justified by the reduced cost of care. Explore what a program could look like for your members, whether you start with fee-for-service or something more.

Start a Conversation How It Works

Programs are live in New York State today. We work with payors nationwide to plan what comes next.

Who Counts as a Payor?

If you carry the cost of care, this is for you

“Payor” is broader than just insurance companies. It’s any organization on the hook for the cost of a population’s health — the people and groups with a direct financial stake in keeping members healthier.

Health Systems Insurance Companies Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) Employers Grant Recipients Providers in cost-reduction arrangements
Why Payors Start Here

The benefit is proven. The hard part is deploying it

We handle the infrastructure — sourcing, delivery, provider referrals, and member experience — so your team can focus on outcomes and cost of care.

Food is Medicine® isn’t experimental. Medically tailored meals and condition-specific groceries already show measurable impact on chronic conditions and total cost of care. What’s been missing is a way to actually stand a program up without building it from scratch.

That’s what FIM Marketplace provides: a ready infrastructure layer connecting your members to vetted food vendors, participating providers, and the workflows that make a program run.

  • A single hub connecting members, providers, and food vendors
  • Flexible to your benefit design — we meet your population where it is
  • Built around outcomes and total cost of care, not just meal counts
  • Live operational experience in the New York Medicaid environment
How a Program Comes Together

From conversation to live program

Step 01

Start a Conversation

Tell us about your population and goals. We’ll walk through what’s working, what isn’t, and where Food is Medicine® fits.

Step 02

Design the Program

Together we shape the benefit — eligibility, food types, delivery, and how members get referred and enrolled.

Step 03

Deploy & Measure

We stand up the infrastructure and connect the ecosystem, then track engagement and impact on cost of care.

Explore the Data

The evidence is mounting

Food is Medicine® isn’t a hope — it’s a measured intervention. The peer-reviewed research points the same direction: when the right food reaches the right patients, utilization and cost of care fall.

16%
Net reduction in total healthcare spending for high-need patients on medically tailored meals — alongside 50% fewer hospital admissions and 70% fewer ER visits.
Berkowitz et al., Health Affairs
>90%
Adherence when meals are actually provided — versus under 26% from dietary education and advice alone. Meals work where information doesn’t.
Chen 2022
85%
Of healthcare workers are eager to recommend Food is Medicine® programs — and 84% of the public believe it could improve the nation’s health.
The Rockefeller Foundation, 2025
95%
Of the $5.3 trillion U.S. healthcare burden stems from chronic disease — and poor nutrition is the #1 driver of death and disability.
JAMA; Health Affairs
An ROI on par with childhood vaccines. Across studies, medically tailored meals return well over a dollar for every dollar spent — ranking alongside childhood vaccination and ahead of smoking cessation, hypertension control, and statins as a preventive investment.
The policy window is open — in New York, now. A historic $7.5B Medicaid 1115 waiver is funding this work, and 22 states already cover some form of nutrition benefit. The opportunity is to prove outcomes while the waiver is live. KFF 1115 Waiver Tracker

Figures drawn from peer-reviewed research and industry reporting. Citations link to original sources; we’re happy to walk your team through the full evidence base.

Let’s Talk

Explore a program for your members

We’re currently consulting with payors on what a Food is Medicine® benefit could look like — from fee-for-service to more advanced arrangements. Bring your population and your goals; we’ll bring the infrastructure.

  • →Open to payors nationwide, not just New York
  • →No obligation — start with a conversation
  • →We’ll help you think through what model fits
Payor Inquiry

Connect with our team

Share a few details and we’ll reach out to explore what a program could look like for your population.

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