MedCity News March 21, 2025
Marissa Plescia

FarmboxRx’s new platform provides tailored support to help members engage with their health benefits.

FarmboxRx, a healthy food company, has launched a social needs solutions platform that aims to address health gaps for health plan members, the company announced Tuesday.

Boston-based FarmboxRx contracts with payers (primarily Medicaid and Medicare programs) to deliver produce boxes, cooking kits, educational materials and pantry items to patients’ doors. The new platform, called Drivers Health, can address additional social determinants of health (SDOH) and feed data on members’ needs back to the health plans.

The company’s founder and CEO, Ashley Tyrner-Dolce, gave the example of a health plan member who is diabetic. Through Drivers Health, members are first engaged with a FarmboxRx food box. In...

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