Food-first care for cardiometabolic disease

We put the food behind the recommendation.

Clinical nutrition care, medically tailored groceries, and human support in one continuous patient experience.

FareRx
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FareRx team in the Philadelphia Teaching Kitchen
This is already happening

Built in the real world, not in a pitch deck.

120,000+
Medically tailored grocery deliveries
Independence Blue Cross
Paid health plan programs
Penn Nursing
Pilot partner
City of Philadelphia
Pilot partner
AARP AgeTech Collaborative
Portfolio company

“Through our partnership with FareRx, our Community Health Workers are turning health education into real-life action across the City of Philadelphia.”

“When food is medicine and community is the foundation, real change happens.”

Sheila Jones
Community Health Worker Supervisor
Office of Community Empowerment & Opportunity · City of Philadelphia
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FareRx
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Field leadership

Part of the movement shaping Food is Medicine.

The Aspen Institute
The Aspen Institute
Featured in the Food is Medicine Community Action Plan
National Produce Prescription Collaborative
National Produce Prescription Collaborative
Member organization
New York State Food Summit
New York State Food Summit
2026 speaker
Mike Cangi speaking at the 2026 New York State Food Summit
In the field
Contributing to the national Food is Medicine conversation.
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FareRx
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Clinical care. Food. One program.

The lesson doesn’t end when the appointment does. The food goes home.

Clinical nutrition care
01

Clinical nutrition care

RD-led care, assessment, and education.

Medically tailored groceries
02

Medically tailored groceries

Food designed around the population.

Member Hospitality
03

Member Hospitality

Real people. Real conversations. No app required.

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FareRx
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FareRx nutrition education designed around the people being served
A FareRx grocery bag being handed to a memberFareRx team in the Philadelphia Teaching Kitchen
Designed around the patient

Food is personal. Care should be too.

FareRx designs each program around the population it serves, including the food people eat, the languages they speak, and the realities that shape their health.

Culture + food preferences

Groceries and recipes designed around what members actually eat.

Language

Communications, education, and clinical support adapted to the population.

Health literacy

Practical education designed to work outside the clinic.

Local context

Programs shaped around the communities, conditions, and barriers being served.

We don’t ask patients to adapt to the program. We adapt the program to the patient.

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FareRx
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Why the model works

Most nutrition care stops at the recommendation.

“Eat differently.”
“Lose weight.”
“Control your A1c.”

Then the patient goes home.

FareRx continues the care journey
01Recommendation
02Education
03Food
04Practice
05Human support
06Measurement
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FareRx
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FareRx delivery representative beside a FareRx van
Local people. Real follow-through.
Member Hospitality

Healthcare doesn’t need another login.

No app required.Dedicated human support.Phone-first engagement.Real people. Real follow-through.
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FareRx
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The first thing we can do together

One referral. FareRx handles the rest.

01
Provider identifies patient
02
FareRx enrolls + establishes baseline
03
Clinical nutrition care
04
Weekly tailored groceries
05
Ongoing member engagement
06
Care + outcomes returned to provider

FareRx can return clinical information through existing EHR workflows.

No new clinic footprintNo new appNo equipmentMinimal provider burden
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FareRx
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What we can prove together

Measure what changes.

Clinical
A1c
Blood pressure
Weight / BMI
Utilization
ED visits
Admissions
Length of stay
Engagement
Enrollment
Retention
Completion
Baseline Intervention 90-day follow-up

Endpoints are designed with the partner before enrollment begins.

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FareRx
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A practical path to start

We don’t need reimbursement to be perfect.

Clinical care
Eligible clinical services
Existing insurance reimbursement
Food
Weekly medically tailored groceries
Flexible pilot or benefit funding
Pilot evidence sustainable reimbursement
Health plan benefits · NJ FamilyCare / 1115 pathways · Value-based care · Shared savings · Public funding

The same FareRx care model can operate across health plans, health systems, and public-sector programs.

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FareRx
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Ready for healthcare

The infrastructure already exists.

ClinicalComplianceSecurityInteroperability
SOC 2 Type II
SOC 2 Type IIHIPAA-compliant programLicensed clinical entityNPICredentialed payer relationshipsEpic-capable platform30–60 day implementationThird-party security reviews
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FareRx
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Built by operators. Delivered by clinicians.

A team built to operate inside healthcare.

Mike Cangi

Mike Cangi

Founder & CEO

Food is Medicine + healthcare innovation

Board of Visitors, Temple University Barnett College of Public Health • Delaware Food Is Medicine Committee • Philadelphia Food is Medicine

Kenneth Rice, MD

Kenneth Rice, MD

Supervising Physician

Clinical oversight

Kathryn Oakes, RDN, LDN

Kathryn Oakes, RDN, LDN

Clinical Nutrition Lead

Nutrition program delivery

Jean Fox

Jean Fox

Philadelphia Operations

Food + member experience

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FareRx
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FareRx and Food Is Medicine advocates meeting with public leaders
The invitation

Let’s build the New Jersey model for food-first care.

Health system

Referral-based cardiometabolic care

Health plan

Claims-based benefit integration

Public sector

NJ FamilyCare + population health pathways

Start with the right population. Prove what works. Build the path to scale.
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