NPPC News
10/14/2026 Congratulations to all the HRSA MP3 grantees! Yesterday, the agency announced $13 million in funding to 27 awardees. This funding is a huge step…
HRSA awards $13M in PRx grants for maternal health
10/01/2026 House Energy and Commerce Committee Passage of H.R. 9393 & Medicare Advantage Reform The National Produce Prescription Collaborative applauds the House Energy and Commerce…
NPPC Statement on House Energy and Commerce Committee Passage of H.R. 9393 & Medicare Advantage Reform
09/16/26 New findings from the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative’s Iowa Produce Prescription Program (IPPP) show participants increased their fruit and vegetable consumption, improved food security…
Iowa Produce Prescription Program Results Strengthen Food Is Medicine Movement
09/16/2026 As a coalition dedicated to advancing PRx in healthcare, we appreciated the opportunity to share a brief with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
NPPC Engages CMS on Cardiac Rehabilitation Benefit in Medicare
09/09/26 U.S. Sen Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) on Wednesday helped volunteers at an Albuquerque health clinic distribute bags of fresh produce to food-insecure patients, part of…
NM US Sen. Heinrich tours Albuquerque Food Farmacy to tout fruits and vegetables as medicine
09/03/2026 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publicly announced several Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) initiatives, and we’re glad to see Food is Medicine front…
CMS announces FIM initiatives in Indiana
09/02/26 A 10-month produce prescription program called Food4Moms (F4M) provided low-income pregnant Latina women in Greater Hartford, Connecticut with $100/month in fresh produce benefits, alongside…
Impact of the Food4Moms produce prescription program on readiness for healthy eating, fruit and vegetable intake, and food security
09/01/26 The Medically Tailored Grocery Nutrition Standards establish a clinically grounded, operationally feasible framework for delivering nutritious, condition-appropriate food across the charitable food system. Reviewed…
Medically Tailored Groceries Nutrition Standards for Community-Based Organizations
09/01/26 Between March and April 2026, the Center for Nutrition & Health Impact (CNHI) conducted a series of ten semi-structured interviews with leading national experts…
Food Is Medicine Enrollment & Access Interview Findings
08/31/26 Medically Tailored Meals (MTMs) and Medically Tailored Groceries (MTGs) are Food is Medicine interventions which integrate disease-specific, evidence-based, food and nutrition into clinical care…
Food is Medicine Interventions Lower Costly Healthcare Utilization in States
08/27/26 A new law called the “Food is Medicine” Act takes effect Friday, Aug. 28, establishing a program to help pay for nutritional food for…
Missouri’s ‘Food is Medicine’ Act takes effect Friday, aims to help Medicare and Medicaid patients afford nutritious food
08/20/26 Fresh food feels good. Maybe it was picked from your backyard, prepared by Mom or handed off by a helpful neighbor. But what if…
Mississippi study examines value of food as medicine, invests in local farms
08/18/2026 New Hanover County, in partnership with Instacart, is launching the Food and Medication Delivery Program, a two-year grocery and prescription delivery program designed to…
New Hanover County launches food and medication delivery program with Instacart and The Endowment
08/17/2026 Montgomery County’s Office of Food Systems Resilience (OFSR) and Office of Grants Management (OGM) have awarded $750,000 to six partnerships working to expand access to nutritious,…
Montgomery County Awards $750,000 to Strengthen Six Food as Medicine Partnerships Connecting Primary Care, Nutrition Education, and Local Food Access
08/17/2026 The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) today announced the launch of the Center for Nutrition and Health, a comprehensive innovation hub dedicated to improved…
NACHC Announces Center for Nutrition and Health to Advance Food for Health Initiatives
08/12/26 The Nutrition Incentive Program Training, Technical Assistance, Evaluation, and Information Center (NTAE) is pleased to release the Year 6 (September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2025) Impact Findings Report
GusNIP Year 6 Impact Findings Report
08/12/2026 More than a year ago, Denise Schmitz found herself in a rut. With a busy schedule, her nights were spent eating frozen pizzas or…
Chronic disease fells too many Kansans. Could Food is Medicine be a cure?
08/01/26 Kentucky faces a chronic disease crisis. More than 40 percent of our adults live with at least one chronic illness such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension,…
Opinion: Kentucky’s Food Is Medicine Initiative changing lives — healthy, nutritious meals matter
08/01/26 In 2025, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health convened 74 multisector partners to align Food as Medicine (FAM) initiatives — including medically…
Food as Medicine in Los Angeles County: Policy and Practice Insights from a 2025 Convening
07/28/26 This pilot study assessed the impact of a produce prescription intervention on fruit and vegetable consumption among 55 students at a Historically Black College…
Impact of a modified produce prescription program on fruit and vegetable intake in an HBCU
07/28/26 A new statewide effort hopes to prove that what’s on your plate can be just as important as what’s in your medicine cabinet. Delaware…
Delaware launches statewide “Food is Medicine” initiative to connect healthcare with healthy food
07/27/26 In a randomized clinical trial, medically tailored meals rooted in traditional Diné foods were linked to fewer hospitalizations and emergency visits, improved quality of…
Traditional food program reduces heart failure hospital visits in Navajo Nation
07/23/26 This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and impact of the Fresh Start produce prescription (FSPRx) intervention among rural, underinsured adults with type 2 diabetes…
Evaluation of the 2021–2024 Implementation of the Fresh Start Enhanced Food Is Medicine Intervention Among Rural, Underinsured People With Type 2 Diabetes
07/22/26 Food Is Medicine (FIM) programs are transforming how healthcare addresses chronic conditions by integrating nutrition support — including medically tailored meals, medically tailored groceries,…
Food Is Medicine Programs: How Centene Helps Members Improve Health
07/21/26 A randomized controlled trial of 460 Medicaid-insured adults with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes in southern California tested whether medically tailored grocery (MTG) deliveries…
Effects of a “Food Is Medicine” Intervention on Glucose Control Among Medicaid-Insured Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial
07/17/26 This ecological study examined how produce prescription (PRx) program design characteristics influence participant outcomes — including fruit and vegetable intake, food security, and perceived…
Examining the associations among produce prescription program implementation characteristics and incentive redemption and participant outcomes
07/14/2026 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) recently issued OIG Advisory Opinion 26-16, a favorable opinion addressing a…
OIG Issues First Favorable Opinion on “Food-as-Medicine” Program
07/13/26 We are in an exciting era of health care innovation, especially when it comes to addressing drivers of health such as food insecurity, housing…
To Evaluate Interventions That Address Drivers Of Health, Look Beyond ROI
07/08/26 When Stockton, California resident Bernetta Stewart was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, she wanted to better understand how nutrition could support her long-term health.…
‘Food Is Medicine’ plus community support delivers results
07/06/2026 In Texas, a produce prescription program helps pregnant women buy healthy food while evaluating how health plans can leverage nutrition as part of care.…