What Changing Coverage Means for Medicare Advantage Plans

New coverage dynamics could leave more Medicare beneficiaries without Medicaid-funded supports. Explore why clinically integrated nutrition may play an increasingly important role in helping Dual-Eligible Special Needs (D-SNP) plans support high-need members while managing outcomes, utilization, and cost.

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For plans serving dual-eligible and other high-need populations, nutrition is becoming an increasingly important part of the equation.

Our latest resource explores how clinically integrated Food is Health programs can help plans support members with complex needs while advancing priorities around outcomes, engagement, utilization, and cost.

Download the resource to explore:

What changing Medicaid coverage could mean for Medicare Advantage plans and dual-eligible populations.

Why nutrition should be treated as a clinical and quality improvement intervention, not simply a supplemental food benefit.

How Food is Health can support multiple plan priorities, from chronic disease management and member engagement to avoidable utilization and total cost of care.

What separates food delivery from an effective clinical nutrition intervention.

Evidence from Medicare populations, including improvements in HbA1c, inpatient costs, and total medical costs.

Nutrition can help bridge the gap between the care plan and daily life.

For members managing chronic conditions alongside food insecurity, transportation barriers, and financial pressures, what happens between medical appointments can have an outsized impact on outcomes and quality performance.

Food is Health programs that combine nutritious food with Registered Dietitian-led care, personalized education, ongoing engagement, and outcomes measurement can help plans turn nutrition into a scalable component of population health strategy.