Partnership brings OwnaHealth’s endocrinologist-led, food-as-medicine approach to diabetes reversal to Sun River Health’s network of 50 health centers across the Hudson Valley, New York City, and Long Island
NEW YORK, October 19, 2026 — OwnaHealth, a physician-led virtual care company focused on reversing metabolic health conditions in Medicaid and underserved populations, today announced a new partnership with Sun River Health, the largest Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) network in New York State. Through the partnership, Sun River Health patients living with type 2 diabetes will gain access to OwnaHealth’s virtual, endocrinologist-led model of care, which uses a food-as-medicine approach to help patients reverse diabetes rather than simply manage it.
Sun River Health has delivered community-based, affordable care throughout the Hudson Valley, New York City, and Long Island for 50 years, serving more than 240,000 patients annually regardless of their ability to pay. Diabetes and other metabolic conditions disproportionately affect the Medicaid and underserved communities Sun River Health serves, where patients often face limited transportation, difficulty stretching SNAP benefits to cover healthy food, and a shortage of specialists. OwnaHealth’s virtual model removes those barriers, bringing condition reversal, not just management, directly to patients where they are.
“We’re thrilled to partner with OwnaHealth because of the great clinical outcomes they’ve been able to achieve, and to enable us to further deepen our diabetes care for Sun River Health patients,” said Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Amanda Ascher, MD. “This partnership reflects our ongoing commitment to bringing innovative, high-value care models to the patients who need them most.”
“Reversing diabetes — not just managing it — is possible, even in populations that have historically had the least access to this kind of care,” said Mariela Glandt, MD, Co-Founder and CEO of OwnaHealth. “Our clinical outcomes show that when Medicaid and underserved patients receive endocrinologist-led, food-as-medicine care, with daily support between visits, they can achieve real, measurable reversal. Partnering with Sun River Health lets us bring that model to many more patients who need it.”
Through the partnership, Sun River Health patients will have access to:
- An endocrinologist-led virtual care team specializing in metabolic health and diabetes reversal
- A food-as-medicine approach, tailored to patients’ cultural food preferences
- Daily monitoring between visits
- Care delivered virtually, in both English and Spanish, removing transportation and scheduling barriers to consistent treatment
The partnership reflects both organizations’ shared commitment to improving health equity and clinical outcomes for New York’s Medicaid and underserved populations, and builds on OwnaHealth’s growing work with community-based providers across the state.
