North Carolina Food-As-Medicine Program Resulted In Better Outcomes For Those With Diabetes

The North Carolina Blues plan reports their food-as-medicine trial program resulted in better outcomes for members with diabetes. Complete participation in the food-as-medicine program among 555 trial participants was associated with decreased food insecurity (38% to 20%), BMI (35 to 33 kg/m2) and percent obese (72% to 61%) and increases in the percent scoring at or above U.S. average physical (51% to 65%) and mental (70% to 80%) health measures. Complete participation was associated with a reduction of $139 per member per month (PMPM) in total medical costs and an increase of $8 PMPM . . .