U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Achieving Healthcare Efficiency through Accountable Design (AHEAD) Model
Key facts
- Open now
- None right now
- Type of help
- Cooperative agreement (a grant with close agency involvement)
- Typical award
- CMS will make a total of $12 million available to states or sub-state regions participating in States Advancing AHEAD for up to 8 states. Six states were awarded in 2024. A second NOFO will be issued in late 2025....
- Deadlines
- In each year's official notice
What it pays for
The Achieving Healthcare Efficiency through Accountable Design (AHEAD) Model (referred to as �AHEAD� or the �AHEAD Model�), is a voluntary, state-based alternative payment and service delivery model. It focuses on preventative care, empowering patients, protecting taxpayers, and increasing choice and competition.
The AHEAD Model will test a flexible framework that includes statewide or sub-state accountability targets for:
� All-payers and Medicare fee-for-service cost growth.
� Primary care investment.
� Population health outcomes.
Who can apply
Application to the NOFO will be open to all 50 US states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico
How applications are judged
To be determined
Match
Match: none required (federal program listing). This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details