Food Is Medicine · Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's path to covered nutrition.

Pennsylvania's 1115 demonstration adds Medicaid food and nutrition services — including medically tailored meals and groceries — for diet-sensitive and pregnant members.

The Program

Keystones of Health (Bridges to Success)

Pennsylvania's Bridges to Success: Keystones of Health is a five-year Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration (January 1, 2025 – January 1, 2030) that addresses health-related social needs across four focus areas: reentry, housing, food and nutrition, and continuous coverage for young children.

The Food and Nutrition component provides direct food support — including medically tailored meals or groceries — to specific Medicaid populations facing food insecurity, with a goal of connecting members to longer-term assistance like SNAP. Services are available to members who have both a clinical need and an assessed social need.

Nutrition services covered

  • Medically tailored meals
  • Medically tailored groceries
  • Food insecurity screening & referral
  • SNAP connection
Source

PA DHS — Keystones of Health 1115 Application

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Bringing Food Is Medicine to members in Pennsylvania?

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.