FareRx is a food-first healthcare company founded in 2022, delivering medically tailored groceries and clinical nutrition services to Medicare Advantage and Medicaid members through direct health plan partnerships. Based in Philadelphia, FareRx has completed more than 120,000 medically tailored grocery deliveries with a 99.69% delivery success rate. Its work has been featured by the Aspen Institute, Independence Blue Cross, and Forbes.
June 2026
FareRx was selected as a featured case study in the Aspen Institute Food & Society Program's Food is Medicine Community Action Plan, highlighting its for-profit, payer-contracted model for delivering clinical-grade food-is-medicine at scale.
July 7, 2025
Mike Cangi joined The J.T. Gyorfy Podcast to discuss nutrition's role in healthcare and how FareRx provides medically tailored groceries to improve health outcomes for vulnerable populations.
June 2025
Independence Blue Cross recognized FareRx as a grocery benefit provider for eligible Medicare Advantage members in its member resource guide on food insecurity.
Ongoing
FareRx founder and CEO Mike Cangi is a member of the Forbes Business Council and a contributor writing on food as medicine, healthcare innovation, and mission-driven entrepreneurship.
2025
Mike Cangi's work and writing were featured on the Effortless Action podcast, including a discussion of one of his Forbes columns (referenced at 48:30).
July 1, 2024
Dr. Shannon I. Decker interviewed FareRx co-founder and CEO Mike Cangi about relationships in healthcare, the Food Is Medicine model, and why member hospitality matters.
FareRx is an active voice in the food-is-medicine movement, from clinical conferences to state and federal policy events.
June 24, 2026 · Harrisburg, PA
FareRx joined Pennsylvania state officials to highlight the Shapiro Administration's plan to improve health and reduce Medicaid costs through food-is-medicine investment.
June 16, 2026 · Albany, NY
Mike Cangi was a featured speaker at the NYS Food Summit, hosted by The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York.
June 3, 2026 · Washington, D.C.
FareRx participated in the national Food is Medicine Advocacy Day, convened by the Tufts Food is Medicine Institute, to advance federal food-is-medicine policy.
April 29–30, 2026 · Nashville, TN
Mike Cangi was a featured speaker at Food Health LIVE, a cross-sector gathering of food, healthcare, policy, retail, and technology leaders focused on improving health outcomes and reducing chronic disease.
2026
FareRx was selected as a finalist in the World Economic Forum UpLink Place-Based Innovation (YES/Boston) challenge and pitched in person.
October 7, 2024 · Philadelphia, PA
Mike Cangi was a speaker at the Independence Blue Cross Health Equity Summit.
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