One of the key factors in FaM’s growth is reimbursement policy across various payors and providers. This post introduces reimbursement frameworks and strategies that support the FaM space, including medical nutrition therapy (MNT), medically tailored meals (MTM), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and employer-sponsored benefits programs.
Read MoreAt the most recent Food as Medicine (FaM) Summit, leading experts, policymakers, and healthcare innovators in FaM gathered to discuss one important goal: revolutionizing how we improve population health through food and nutritional guidance.
Here’s what we believe every healthcare and FaM innovator should know.
Read MoreThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule (IFR) on November 4, 2021, the same day the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The IFR and ETS complement each other, with both aimed at furthering the Biden Administration’s goal of vaccinating the entire United States healthcare workforce to ensure capacity to serve local and national healthcare needs, the safety of the workforce and patients, and to reduce the risk of continued COVID-19 transmission. Both rules are effective November 5, 2021.
Read MoreIn April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new set of payment models meant to allow primary care providers deliver better care at a lower cost to their patients by removing unneccessary administrative and adjust payouts from procedures to outcomes.
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