Launching: Early 2026
Type: Medicaid
Program Goal: Improvements in food insecurity, lowering of A1C for patients with diabetes and healthy pregnancy.
Target Population: ~200 people who are maternal patients and/or patients with diabetes on medicaid. A mix of rural and urban populations with food insecurity
States: Virginia
Example of what will populate in FFD for this population. See “Program” line.
RD Requirements:
Health Plan Credentialing | State Medicaid Enrollment | Foodsmart Credentialing Requirements |
CAQH Application - Profile Updated | Enrollment required for VA | 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 | 6 | 4 | Once per month | Initial: 97802 Follow Up: 97803 |
There likely won’t be overlap with the Elevance (Anthem Healthkeepers) VA and VA FAM programs.
Nutriquiz | SNAP Required
| Risk Assessment Required | Find Help |
Required at two visits. See sample cadence below
| Yes
| No |
|
Food Benefits:
Foodsmart Bucks | Foodboxes/MTM | Food Selection Instructions |
$142 per visit for 6 visits (functional foods) | NO | Patients will get Foodsmart Bucks to use through Instacart. |
This program allows the following categories under Functional Foods:
Fresh and Frozen Fruit
Fresh and Frozen Vegetables
Seafood Including Fish
Dairy - yogurt only
Pantry - ONLY nuts, seeds, beans and nut butters
Here is an example of a Functional Food Grocery List
Extra Information:
Collect patient reported data and document values in FFD.
Weight
Blood Pressure
A1C
LDL
HDL
If your members 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 |
1 | Get to Know, NutriQuiz (baseline measurements + reminder to get lab work done), Food Insecurity Screening in FFD) |
2 | Find Help/ SNAP Application / Foodsmart Program MNT |
3 | Using Foodsmart Bucks / Meal Planning Foodsmart Program MNT |
4 | Foodsmart Program MNT (grocery shopping on a budget) / Retake NutriQuiz + Food Insecurity Screening in FFD. |
5 | Evaluate progress with initial goals/ review self monitoring/ Provide education and reinforcement using Foodsmart Program MNT |
6 | Retake NutriQuiz/ Introduce more advanced MNT concepts / establish follow-up monitoring with care team/ planning for future |
Please see the following link of Overview of Health Plans for info on all health plans.