Type: Medicaid
Program Goal: The main goal is creating a meaningful reduction in food insecurity and delivering an incredible experience to receive a high NPS.
Target Population: This program will start with ~8,000 pregnant women 18 years or older, less than 24 weeks gestation and high risk for poor birth outcomes and will expand (1/1/26) to also include chronic condition management for patients with social determinants of health (SDOH).
States: Missouri
RD Requirements:
Health Plan Credentialing | State Medicaid Enrollment | Foodsmart Credentialing Requirements |
No | Yes– Group ID is pending and will need to enroll individually.
| Medallion Credentialing Application, Copies of CDR, license in home state and where pt resides, CV |
Benefits Overview:
Video Required
| # of Allowed Visits per year
| # of Allowed Units per Visit
| Schedule Cadence
| Billing Codes |
No | 5 | 4 | Every 3-4 weeks and must be clinically necessary | Initial: 97802 Follow Up: 97803 |
Nutriquiz | SNAP Required
| Risk Assessment Required | Find Help |
Required at two visits. MUST screen for food insecurity. | Must indicate patient current SNAP
Status on FFD (enrolled/applying/ etc). If a patient is not enrolled, help the patient apply for SNAP.
| No | At least one referral required on FindHelp |
Food Benefits:
Foodsmart Bucks | Foodboxes/MTM | Food Selection Instructions |
$142 per visit / 5 visits
*expire after 1 year
Incentives expire 1 year from the first visit, aligning with all other plans. The $142 incentive still applies to 5 completed visits over 6 months. | None | Patients will use Foodsmart Bucks through Instacart. |
It is important that you close your charts within 12 hours of the visit start time. If charts are not closed the member will not receive their Foodsmart Bucks.
Extra Information:
Collect patient reported data and document values in FFD.
Height
Weight
Blood Pressure
HbA1C
LDL
HDL
If your patients haven’t been to their doctor in the last year encourage them to set up a visit to get yearly lab work done.
Helpful Programs:
Sample Visit Topics:
Visit Number | Sample Topics | Must Complete |
1 | Get to Know, NutriQuiz (baseline measurements + reminder to get lab work done), Food Insecurity Screening, Introduction to Prenatal Nutrition | NutriQuiz (initial biometrics) and Screen for Food Insecurity |
2 | SNAP or WIC (if applicable) and 1 Find Help Referral | |
3 | Nutrients Needed (depending on stage of pregnancy) | Updated biometrics |
4 | Grocery shopping on a budget Retake NQ + Food Insecurity Screening in FFD. | NutriQuiz and Screening for Food Insecurity) Updated biometrics |
5 | Budget Friendly Staples / Saving money on proteins + produce | Updated biometrics / NutriQuiz and Screening for Food Insecurity (update labs if pt has) |
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Please see the following link of Overview of Health Plans for info on all health plans.