{"id":3786,"date":"2026-02-04T17:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/cmmi-seeks-lifestyle-interventions-that-improve-health-outcomes-under-new-model-jones-day\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T17:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:58:18","slug":"cmmi-seeks-lifestyle-interventions-that-improve-health-outcomes-under-new-model-jones-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/cmmi-seeks-lifestyle-interventions-that-improve-health-outcomes-under-new-model-jones-day\/","title":{"rendered":"CMMI Seeks Lifestyle Interventions That Improve Health Outcomes Under New Model | Jones Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"html-view-content\">\n<p><strong>The Center for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services Innovation (&#8220;CMMI&#8221;) announced the Make America Healthy Again: Enhancing Lifestyle and Evaluating Value-Based Approaches Through Evidence (&#8220;MAHA ELEVATE&#8221;) Model, designed to improve health outcomes for original Medicare beneficiaries (i.e., fee for service, non-Medicare Advantage beneficiaries) through evidence-based prevention and whole-person care.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As discussed in more detail in our three-part series, since May 13, 2025, CMMI has been constructing a new framework for value-based care that empowers people to drive their own health goals and mitigate chronic diseases, including its recent collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration (&#8220;FDA&#8221;) on a pilot program that permits digital health devices without FDA premarket authorization to provide care under a CMMI program. As part of this plan, on December 11, 2025, CMMI announced the MAHA ELEVATE Model that evaluates the cost and quality of evidence-based whole-person care on the original Medicare population.<\/p>\n<p>The model will fund up to 30 cooperative agreements, with a total budget of approximately $100 million over a three-year performance period to collect quality and cost data on whole-person functional or lifestyle medicine interventions that complement or augment\u2014but do not replace\u2014conventional medicine. All proposed interventions must: (i) not already be covered by original Medicare; (ii) have documented evidence of efficacy; and (iii) incorporate nutrition or physical activity as part of its design. Three awards will be reserved for interventions that address dementia.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible organizations include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Private medical practices;<\/li>\n<li>Health systems;<\/li>\n<li>Accountable care organizations;<\/li>\n<li>Academic organizations;<\/li>\n<li>Functional, lifestyle, preventive, and integrative medicine centers;<\/li>\n<li>Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics;<\/li>\n<li>Community-based organizations;<\/li>\n<li>State or local governments;<\/li>\n<li>Indian Health Service\/Tribal Services\/Urban Indian Health Programs; and<\/li>\n<li>Senior living communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To be selected, applicants must demonstrate that they\u2014or their partners\u2014have experience delivering the proposed interventions and that the interventions are safe, effective, and supported by peer-reviewed literature. Applicants must also show experience with data collection, or a credible ability to collect and report accurate data in a timely manner, with appropriate beneficiary safeguards.<\/p>\n<p>Cooperative agreements will be awarded in two rounds for two separate cohorts\u2014one starting in 2026 and the second in 2027. CMMI will release a Notice of Funding Opportunity in early 2026 for the first cohort, and the model will launch on September 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services Innovation (&#8220;CMMI&#8221;) announced the Make America Healthy Again: Enhancing Lifestyle and Evaluating Value-Based Approaches Through Evidence (&#8220;MAHA ELEVATE&#8221;) Model, designed to improve health outcomes for original Medicare beneficiaries (i.e., fee for service, non-Medicare Advantage beneficiaries) through evidence-based prevention and whole-person care. 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