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May 5, 2026
New Data Shows Blue Cross NC’s Feed Your Health Program Reduces Health Care Costs, Improves Chronic Disease Management
New data from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina’s (Blue Cross NC) Feed Your Health program shows that connecting people with nutritious food and personalized support from registered dietitians can meaningfully reduce health care costs and improve health outcomes for people managing Type 2 diabetes. More than 1 million North Carolinians are living with diabetes, making it one of the most pressing chronic health challenges facing the state.
September 30, 2026

Maryland Department of Health awards $10 million to increase access to fresh produce in high-poverty communities

In Caroline and Dorchester County, the Center for a HealthyMaryland’s coalition will unite MedChi physicians, NourishedRx, and ENOUGH Community Quarterbacks to deliver fresh, culturally tailored Maryland-grown produce and expert nutrition counseling to adults with hypertension.

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September 18, 2026

Kathryn Marchak Explores Food as Health as NourishedRx Summer Intern

Kathryn Marchak ’28 spent her summer working with the nutrition platform NourishedRx to help spread its mission of “food is health.”

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May 5, 2026

New Data Shows Blue Cross NC’s Feed Your Health Program Reduces Health Care Costs, Improves Chronic Disease Management

New data from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina’s (Blue Cross NC) Feed Your Health program shows that connecting people with nutritious food and personalized support from registered dietitians can meaningfully reduce health care costs and improve health outcomes for people managing Type 2 diabetes. More than 1 million North Carolinians are living with diabetes, making it one of the most pressing chronic health challenges facing the state.

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February 23, 2026

NourishedRx's North Carolina Model Provides a Scalable Blueprint for States Integrating 'Food is Health' into Rural Health Transformation

Since 2023, NourishedRx has partnered with regional health plans to deliver integrated Food is Health programs across North Carolina. The platform uses time-limited, therapeutic interventions—healthy food coupled with registered-dietitian-led care—to help participants manage chronic disease, and drive meaningful, sustained dietary and lifestyle behavior change. NourishedRx now supports participants in all 100 North Carolina counties. Across these initiatives, participants have experienced measurable improvements in nutrition security, health outcomes, and independent living. These programs have also demonstrated a reduction in long-term healthcare utilization and costs, validating the investment in Food is Health.

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January 28, 2026

The Food as Health Opportunity

Rather than imposing a limiting definition, S2G proposes that ​“Food as Health” encompasses all solutions that leverage food or food-derived products to prevent, manage, treat, or improve either population or individual health outcomes.

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January 27, 2026

Order Up! A Conversation with Lauren Driscoll, founder and CEO of NourishedRx

Lauren Driscoll is building a healthier future: one meal, one family, and one community at a time.

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April 25, 2025

Wake Co. program bringing foods to families with health challenges

Access to nutritious food is essential for good health, but for many Wake County residents living with chronic illnesses, fresh produce and protein are often out of reach. Nourishing Wake, a new program launched by Wake County in partnership with NourishedRx, is changing that by providing free, twice-monthly deliveries of fresh, locally sourced food to more than 1,000 vulnerable households.

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April 22, 2025

NourishedRx Partners with Wake County, NC to Launch Nourishing Wake Food is Health Program

Access to nutritious food is essential for good health, but for many Wake County residents living with chronic illnesses, fresh produce and protein are often out of reach. Nourishing Wake, a new program launched by Wake County in partnership with NourishedRx, is changing that by providing free, twice-monthly deliveries of fresh, locally sourced food to more than 1,000 vulnerable households.

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March 19, 2024

NourishedRx Enters into Strategic Partnership with Alliance Health to Support Members Enrolled in Transitions to Community Living (TCL) Program

The innovative food-as-medicine platform will help support eligible North Carolinians with serious mental health needs transitioning from institutional care settings to independent living.

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December 12, 2023

Spencer Pratt, VP of Growth and Strategy Wins Outstanding Session Award for the 2023 SOA Health Meeting

Spencer and fellow panelists Jenn Kerfoot and Erica Sessle and moderator Nate Worrell contributed their expertise to the Food as Medicine-Taste the Difference session

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December 12, 2023

Blue Plus Expands NourishedRx Nutrition Program for Improving Birth Outcomes in BIPOC populations

The expansion follows documented improvements in birth outcomes stemming from a 2021 NourishedRx pilot program with Blue Plus enrollees.

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October 5, 2023

The Helper Bees and NourishedRx have delivered more than 30,000 meals to older adults who want to age in place

The Helper Bees, America's leading aging-in-place platform, and NourishedRx, a digital health and nutrition company, are announcing that they've delivered more than 30,000 food orders to older adults across the country.

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October 4, 2023

Lauren Driscoll, Founder and CEO, Wins Health Equity Innovator Award at the 2023 OPTIMIZE Global Conference

The OPTIMIZE Awards recognize and applaud significant contributions of individuals and organizations worldwide who have made a positive impact in the healthcare industry.

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January 9, 2023

NourishedRx Launches Food Benefits Platform Powered by Google Cloud

NourishedRx is a food-as-medicine company that offers dietary assistance for health plans’ members through methods like medically-tailored meals, grocery support and diet education. Through the new platform, NourishedRx is able to communicate with its food partners, health plan customers and members.

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January 9, 2023

NourishedRx Introduces Its Food Benefits Management Platform

Partnering with Google Health, NourishedRx Platform Accelerates Compliance with Latest Interoperability Standards

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December 6, 2022

Hartford HealthCare, CT Innovations announce partnership to support 20 startups in city

NourishedRx partners with Hartford HealthCare and Connecticut Innovations to participate in a program that will provide space for the and access to clinicians and the ability to test concepts and products.

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November 17, 2022

7wireVentures and United States of Care Announce NourishedRx as the Recipient of the 2022 Thomas J. Main Ignite Award

7wireVentures and United States of Care are thrilled to announce NourishedRx as the recipient of the 2022 Thomas J. Main Ignite Award. The award, which honors the legacy of the late Thomas J. Main, former Partner at 7wireVentures and founder of the Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Center, recognizes an early-stage, innovative start-up contributing to a more affordable and cost-efficient health care system and delivering improved health outcomes for the consumers they serve.

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September 28, 2022

Instacart Launches Instacart Health, a Sweeping New Initiative to Deliver the Ingredients for Healthier Living

Instacart partners with a variety of organizations, including NourishedRx, to enhance collaborative care with new Care Carts, designed to give healthcare providers and caregivers the ability to order groceries on behalf of someone else.

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February 16, 2022

NourishedRx raises $6 million in seed funding to accelerate growth of the first intelligent food-for-health platform

Funding will enable expansion of the company's high-tech strategy, increase resources for patients and health plan members, deepen partnerships for nationwide access, and grow its executive team.

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February 7, 2022

Columbia Public Health Startup Stories

NourishedRx is a food-as-medicine platform designed to provide personalized food solutions for vulnerable individuals, specifically those with diet sensitive chronic health conditions and at risk of nutritional insecurity.

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December 2, 2021

Project Well Rebrands as NourishedRx, Expands Product Line to Further Address Nutrition Insecurity

NourishedRx, formerly known as Project Well, launched an expanded offering of culturally-relevant grocery bundles and fresh produce to better serve health plans and individuals who need it the most.

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November 4, 2021

Nutrition Benefit Makes Headway as MA Supplemental Benefit for 2022

Nutrition services vendors say offering healthy food options and education to at-risk members can result in major medical cost savings for plans.

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March 15, 2021

A new kind of healthcare startup wants health insurers to pay for meal kits and groceries for food-insecure seniors

Project Well, a startup taking a nutritional approach to chronic disease, raised $2 million. The startup plans to target the booming Medicare Advantage market. It works with food vendors and dietitians to get patients to eat healthier and manage conditions.

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February 23, 2021

Project Well is helping healthcare system use food as medicine with $2m in seed funding

The old adage “you are what you eat” is one of the most common phrases around, but can our food choices also treat our ailments?

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February 23, 2021

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota announces first one-of-its-kind dietary support for high-risk pregnant women and their families

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Blue Plus (Blue Plus) today announced a new program with Second Harvest Heartland and Project Well to study the impact of comprehensive dietary support on maternal and infant health outcomes.

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February 22, 2021

Project Well Announces $2M Investment from S2G Ventures and Primetime Partners

Financing will expand access to healthy nutrition and counseling, serving the most vulnerable members of the population suffering from chronic disease, food insecurity, and social isolation.

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September 27, 2020

Looking For Venture Capital? Here’s How One 50+ Founder Landed A Deal To Improve Lives

Eighteen months after Lauren Driscoll, CEO and founder of Project Well, came up with her idea at a startup lab, she sealed a deal with venture investment firm Primetime Partners

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July 17, 2019

The Healthcare Blog July, 2019 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation SDoH & Home and Community Based Care Innovation Challenges Semi-Finalists!

Health disparities domestically and globally can often be attributed to social determinants of health.

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