Hot off the press! The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid just announced a new model - called Elevate - as part of the Make America Healthy Again (“MAHA”) agenda.
What we know so far:
CMS will make available $100 million of total funding for up to 30 disease prevention and health promotion pilot projects.
These projects must not already be covered by Original Medicare.
The programs must be evidence-based and cover “whole person” care and then assess the data related to cost, quality, impact and scalability for older populations.
Each pilot will get up to $3 million over three years.
All proposals must incorporate nutrition assistance or physical activity as part of the design.
Cooperative agreement funds can be used to support hiring dieticians and nutritionists or for nutrition counseling and classes, but not for purchasing food.