Medically Tailored Meal (MTM) Interventions
The most-studied food is medicine intervention — measuring how medically tailored meals affect obesity, health outcomes, and healthcare utilization under Medicaid flexible services.
Why it matters
$24B
Potential annual savings if all eligible patients received MTMs
FIMI research
20%
Reduction in hospitalizations after six months of MTMs
FIMI research
16%
Lower healthcare costs among MTM recipients
Peer-reviewed
Overview
Medically tailored meals (MTMs) are of rapidly growing interest to healthcare systems, payers, and patients as a way to improve outcomes and lower costs for people living with complex, diet-sensitive conditions. This work builds the rigorous evidence base health systems need to pilot and scale MTM programs with confidence.
Publications
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