Make America Healthy Again ? Enhancing Lifestyle and Evaluating Value-based Approaches Through Evidence

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is soliciting applications for the Make America Healthy Again: Enhancing Lifestyle and Evaluating Value-based Approaches Through Evidence (MAHA ELEVATE) Model. This voluntary, three-year service delivery model is designed to test evidence-based, whole-person functional or lifestyle medicine approaches to care. The model will be split into two cohorts, one year apart. CMS will select recipients based on five key criteria, including whole-person FLM intervention design, beneficiary recruitment and study design, organizational and administrative capacity, data management capabilities, and budget. • The model takes a proactive, comprehensive approach that combines psychological, nutritional, and physical interventions with personalized, lifestyle-based strategies for prevention and early treatment. • Eligible applicants include private medical practices, health systems, academic organizations, functional medicine centers, community-based organizations, and local and state governments. • The estimated funding for this opportunity is $100,000,000, with an award ceiling of $3,300,000 and an award floor of $0. • The project duration is three years, and the estimated start date is October 1, 2026.