How to Increase Access to Nutritious Food Through Medicaid Care Delivery
The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School offers a deep dive into pathways for supporting Produce Prescriptions via Medicaid Managed Care.
The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School offers a deep dive into pathways for supporting Produce Prescriptions via Medicaid Managed Care.
In a new letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CHLPI and partner organizations lift up the voices of 35 stakeholders across 19 states.
Insights on new program can advance health equity, improve access to care, help speed adoption of similar policies nationwide. Today, the Health Law Lab at the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) of Harvard Law School, in partnership with California’s Medically Supportive Food & Nutrition Steering Committee, released new case studies illuminating efforts […]
Last month, CHLPI and 37 institutional and individual signatories sent a letter to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) urging inter-agency collaboration to address policy barriers to Contingency Management, the only evidence-based treatment for stimulant use disorder. Contingency Management (CM) is a behavioral health intervention that rewards participants with incentives for achieving target […]
Several 1115 waivers approved over the past few months further drive the integration of food is medicine into Medicaid. There are many notable developments to reflect on—approval to calculate, under certain circumstances, food supports at the household level in Massachusetts and the seemingly widespread dedication of funding to support critical infrastructure development among others. In […]
Earlier this summer, CHLPI and the Illinois Community Health Worker Association (ILCHWA) released their report, Illinois Community Health Worker Roundtables: Recommendations for the Community Health Worker Certification and Reimbursement Act. The report was a product of robust community engagement over the past year—a series of five roundtables brought together community health workers (CHWs) and representatives […]
This week, President Biden announced that, for the first time in over 50 years, the White House will host a Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. The Conference, planned for September 2022, will bring together nutrition and anti-hunger advocates, health care entities, food companies, all levels of government, tribal and territory communities, and others to […]
Last week, the United States Preventive Services Taskforce (USPSTF) released its first-ever Draft Research Plan on Preventive Services for Food Insecurity (the “Draft Research Plan”). The Draft Research Plan, available for public comments until March 23, 2022, is an exciting step toward more sustainable coverage of Food is Medicine interventions across the country. This blog […]
A growing number of health care systems are partnering with food banks, food pantries, and other community-based organizations, acknowledging the major role that food plays in impacting health outcomes. Yet, laws designed to protect patients in traditional medical settings have emerged as barriers to these innovative community-clinical partnerships. A new resource by the Center for […]
Like many organizations innovating to address health-related social needs, Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) Produce Prescription grantees find themselves at the intersection of health care and social services delivery. As a result, many projects grapple with a myriad of questions about patient privacy laws and their impact on information sharing, operations, research and evaluation, […]