One of the first and largest Medicaid Food Is Medicine programs in the country — and one of the best-evaluated.
MassHealth's Flexible Services Program (FSP), authorized under the state's Section 1115 demonstration, lets accountable care organizations partner with community organizations to deliver nutrition and housing supports to members with complex health-related social needs.
It is one of the most rigorously evaluated FIM programs in the country. A Health Affairs evaluation of more than 20,000 participants found program participation was associated with a 23% reduction in hospitalizations and a 13% reduction in emergency department visits. A separate Nature Medicine study of medically tailored meal recipients found 31% fewer hospitalizations, 20% fewer ED visits, and $3,433 lower healthcare costs — offsetting 98% of program cost.
Health Affairs — Medicaid Nutrition Supports in Massachusetts (2024)
FareRx partners with health plans and employers to deliver medically tailored groceries that members actually use — with first-party outcomes to prove it. See how we plug into a Medicaid or commercial nutrition benefit.