May 27, 2026
Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:00 p.m.
Food Is Medicine (FIM) interventions can serve a variety of patient needs. Some patients thrive with lower-intensity services like a produce prescription, grocery voucher, or cooking education. Some need higher-intensity services like medically tailored meals. Some need different levels of intervention at different points in their care.
Yet health systems and payers serving these patients often find themselves with disconnected options to address this spectrum. So patients transitioning from medically tailored meals to nutrition independence struggle to go it alone. Or those ready for lighter services keep receiving home-delivered meals. Services become mismatched to evolving needs. Health outcomes suffer. And healthcare partners sometimes end up paying for intensive services when more moderate options would work as well or better.
A new step-down model for FIM interventions presents a solution to this one-size-fits-all problem. HealthBegins collaborated with two innovative FIM providers, Project Angel Food and Vouchers 4 Veggies, to build this model from best practices they piloted with healthcare partners.
Join this free webinar on Matching Services to Needs in Food is Medicine to learn how FIM providers can use a step-down model to tailor the intervention and the investment to the patient's needs over time — supporting more effective care and improved long-term outcomes.
By the end of the webinar, attendees will be able to:
- Describe how a FIM step-down model supports improved patient outcomes.
- Learn how to apply the stepdown workflow and identify payment structures to support it.
- Access free resources to support building and sustaining strong clinical-community partnerships for FIM.
Speakers:
- Maddy Moritsch, M.S., RDN, Senior Program Manager, HealthBegins, host
- Kathryn Jantz, Principle, Hearthwise Consulting
- Benjamin Martin, Senior Director of Programs and Strategy, Project Angel Food
