An urban hospital system reduced non-medical emergency department utilization by providing stable housing to patients experiencing chronic homelessness.

Food bank serving urban and rural communities partners with local health systems to provide Food is Medicine interventions to patients with diet-related chronic conditions experiencing food insecurity.

Cedars-Sinai Health System used a blended value model to quantify the return on its community health worker program, finding $4.51 in financial, economic, and social value for every $1 spent and $5.2 million in net value in the first year.

Elevance Health offered income-eligible members with type 2 diabetes $1,200 to $3,000 in annual grocery assistance, along with a low-premium health plan option. Compared with eligible members who did not receive the grocery benefit and were not on the low-premium plan, receiving the benefit was associated with: (1) a 3.1 percentage-point lower rate of diabetes with complications, (2) a higher likelihood of taking diabetes medications and antidepressants as prescribed, and (3) no increase in healthcare service use.

Grapevine Health used short, community-filmed video content delivered by text to reach Medicaid members with type II diabetes, with 70% of viewers reporting they learned something new.

A rural North Carolina FQHC used foundation funding to provide free door-to-door transportation to medical appointments, pharmacies, and grocery stores, reducing hospital admissions and generating an estimated $720,544 in net healthcare cost savings over five years.