Program Evaluation for Food is Medicine

00:00 Introduction to Food as Medicine 04:32 The Structural Shift in Food as Medicine 25:37 Evaluating Food as Medicine Programs 39:53 Defining Service and Cohort for Financial Impact 54:41 Conclusion and Key Takeaways As Food as Medicine evolves from a promising intervention into a regulated healthcare service, success increasingly depends on reimbursement alignment, encounter-grade reporting, audit readiness, and defensible financial impact. In this session, healthcare strategist Christina Rodriguez presents a payer-grade framework for evaluating Food as Medicine across Medicaid ILOS, 1115/HRSN, Medicare Advantage SSBCI, and post-discharge pathways, showing how lane selection changes ROI, attribution, and procurement strategy. Drawing from analysis of more than 100 organizations and current CMS guidance, the session explores how programs move from pilot-stage narratives to scalable healthcare infrastructure through defined cohorts, PMPM translation, governance, encounter mapping, and procurement survivability under real-world payer constraints