The Make America Healthy Again – Enhancing Lifestyle and Evaluating Value-based Approaches Through Evidence (MAHA ELEVATE) Model, administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), is soliciting applications for a voluntary, three-year service delivery model that tests evidence-based, whole-person functional and lifestyle medicine approaches to care.

Overview

MAHA ELEVATE takes a proactive, comprehensive approach to healthcare that combines psychological, nutritional, and physical interventions with personalized, lifestyle-based strategies for prevention and early treatment, rather than treating diseases separately after they develop. The model is designed to test whole-person functional or lifestyle medicine (whole-person FLM) approaches that are not currently covered under Medicare.

CMS will select up to 30 recipients to participate in the model, which will be split into two cohorts, one year apart (years 2026 and 2027).

Funding and Benefits

• Program Funding: $100,000,000
• Expected Awards: 15
• Award Maximum: $3,300,000
• Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative agreement
• Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
• Opportunity Category: Discretionary
• Category of Funding Activity: Health

Eligibility

Eligible applicants include any organization that meets the requirements outlined in the Notice of Funding Opportunity. Individuals are not eligible to apply. Examples of eligible applicants include, but are not limited to:

• Private medical practices
• Health systems and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
• Academic organizations
• Functional, lifestyle, preventive, and integrative medicine centers
• Community-based organizations (CBOs)
• Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
• Rural Health Clinics (RHCs)
• Indian Health Service / Tribal Services / Urban Indian Programs (ITUs)
• Local and state governments

Organizations spanning multiple states are eligible to apply. Applicants who do not directly provide clinical care are strongly encouraged to form partnerships with care entities or organizations that deliver clinical care to meet the full operational requirements of the program.

Selection Criteria

CMS will select recipients based on five key criteria:

• Whole-person FLM intervention design, including cost savings
• Beneficiary recruitment and study design
• Organizational and administrative capacity
• Data management capabilities
• Budget

Highly competitive applicants must demonstrate strong, evidence-based support for the proposed interventions and a proven history of successful implementation of the intervention and cost savings. Applicants must also show the ability to recruit large numbers of participants with a clear randomization plan and advanced data management capabilities.

Deadline and Timeline

• Closing Date: May 15, 2026
• Posted Date: March 13, 2026
• Archive Date: June 14, 2026
• Funding Opportunity Number: CMS-2W2-27-001

Contact Information

MAHA ELEVATE Team
Email: MAHAELEVATE@cms.hhs.gov