Healthcare infrastructure has not kept up with the pace of innovation in addressing social drivers of health. More than a dozen states are paying for food to help prevent, reverse and treat chronic conditions through Medicaid. Yet, these services are not documented in a patient’s healthcare record like any other healthcare service.

This gap means a patient's story isn’t being accurately told, data on these food-based interventions isn't complete, and payment for providers isn't being efficiently processed. Enter Coding4Food, an initiative aimed at creating new HCPCS codes to integrate a spectrum of Food as Medicine interventions into healthcare.

Over the course of 2024 and 2025, subject matter experts including RDNs, program implementors, and payers from across the country came together to define different Food as Medicine interventions and submit applications for new codes to CMS. Join project leaders for updates on progress, learn how these codes will affect clinical practice and open doors for payment for critical innovations.