Achieving Healthcare Efficiency through Accountable Design (AHEAD) Model

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Achieving Healthcare Efficiency through Accountable Design (AHEAD) Model

Federal · CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES · #93.968

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.

Also known as

States Advancing AHEAD

About this program

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

State

Categories

FinancialCooperative Agreement

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listings ↗ · 2026

Informational only — official eligibility is determined by the administering agency.

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