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Dr. Yousuf Ahmad, President and CEO of AssureCare, joined The Healthy Project podcast to ask why nearly every Food as Medicine program in America still runs on grant money with an expiration date - despite decades of evidence linking food and health.
Drawing on 30 years running hospitals, leading a health plan, and building health tech, Dr. Ahmad shares the moment he realized nutrition had never truly been part of central caregiving - and why a system built to reimburse treatment struggles to value prevention. He breaks down the five pieces missing from every failed Food as Medicine effort: screening, workflow integration, personalization, measurement, and reimbursement - the exact gaps NutraVance, AssureCare's new platform, is built to close.
The conversation also covers how AI can personalize nutrition without deepening bias against under-resourced communities, what this looks like inside an FQHC, and why Dr. Ahmad believes every hospital needs a chief affordability officer.
If you've ever watched a program your patients loved disappear when the funding ran out, this one's for you.
