Food is Medicine Economic Evaluation webinar series

Assessing the long-term value of FIM interventions: Introduction to Cost-Effectiveness Analysis(link opens in new window)

This webinar will cover the fundamentals of applying cost-effectiveness analysis to evaluate Food Is Medicine programs, highlighting the role of simulation modeling and long-term outcome forecasting in measuring true value. Attendees will explore learn why health evaluations should prioritize maximizing overall health outcomes subject to budget constraints rather than focusing solely on demonstrating short-term financial savings. 

Planning Economic Evaluations in Food Is Medicine trials

This webinar offers a practical guide to designing economic evaluations within Food Is Medicine randomized trials, covering key considerations like cost data collection, outcome selection, and study design choices that support robust cost, cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analyses. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies for building economic evaluation components into their Food Is Medicine trial protocols from the ground up.

Lessons Learned from Economic Evaluations of Massachusetts and North Carolina Medicaid 1115 Demonstrations

This presentation will cover findings from Massachusetts and North Carolina's Medicaid 1115 Demonstrations, compare and contrast research methods across the two states, and discuss what these early Medicaid waivers focused on health-related social needs can tells us about the cost-effectiveness of Food is Medicine in Medicaid.