The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host upcoming “Office Hours” on the new funding opportunity titled “States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) Model.” CMS is currently soliciting applications through a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), with applications for the first two of three Cohorts due Monday, March 18. The AHEAD Model is a voluntary, state-based alternative payment and service delivery model designed to curb health care cost growth, improve population health, and advance health equity by reducing disparities in health outcomes. Eligible AHEAD Model applicants are state agencies (e.g., state Medicaid agency, state public health agency, state insurance agency, or other entity with rate-setting or budget authority) with the authority and capacity to enter into an agreement with the Secretary on behalf of their state and accept funding. States applying to participate in AHEAD will be required to select one of three cohorts depending on their readiness to implement the model.
States interested in participating in the model should submit their applications by Monday, March 18, at 3:00 p.m. ET (for Cohorts 1 and 2) & Monday, August 12 at 3:00 p.m. ET (Cohort 3). CMS expects to award cooperative agreements to up to eight states across the two application periods for participation in the model.
CMS’ next Office Hours session is scheduled for Wednesday, January 17 from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET.
Registration is not required.
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