US health benefits provider NationsBenefits has reached agreement to acquire health and wellness food manufacturer DeliverLean.
The firm said its latest acquisition forms part of its strategic vision to expand its healthy foods benefit offering to meet the ever-growing needs of health plans with Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D Plans.
DeliverLean’s food as medicine solution, which is being introduced with the NationsMarket brand name, will aim to help MA plan members and low-income populations to live healthier by addressing nutrition and providing specific and actionable direction to motivate behavioural changes in their diets.
The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter of 2022.
Glenn Parker, founder and CEO at NationsBenefits, said: “The DeliverLean team has created the best healthy, prepared meals solution in the market.
“By joining forces and expanding our healthy foods suite of solutions, this enhances our strategy of using supplemental benefits to improve member outcomes.”
Scott Harris, CEO and founder of DeliverLean, who will continue to lead this division, as a part of NationsBenefits, added: “After a decade-long journey, DeliverLean is thrilled to announce our acquisition by NationsBenefits, a premier healthcare provider who shares our food as medicine approach. It’s unique for a healthcare provider to invest in a food company to ultimately improve outcomes and lower health care costs by empowering people through fresh, healthy food.
“NationsBenefits’ model of centralising benefits allows us to serve health plan members nationally.”
