Make America Healthy Again - Enhancing Lifestyle and Evaluating Value-Based Approaches Through Evidence (MAHA ELEVATE)
Application: May 15, 2026
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is offering funding for a 3-year model is designed to test evidence-based, whole-person functional or lifestyle medicine, or whole-person FLM, approaches to care. Rather than treating diseases separately after they develop, MAHA ELEVATE takes a proactive, comprehensive approach that combines psychological, nutritional, and physical interventions with personalized, lifestyle-based strategies for prevention and early treatment. MAHA ELEVATE will enable small scale tests of the feasibility, impact, and scalability of new interventions in an original Medicare population.
Selected applicants will identify a chronic condition in the Medicare fee-for-service population and the intervention(s) to address the chronic condition. The model's approach is shaped by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine's 6 foundational pillars for the effective prevention and management of chronic conditions:
- Nutrition
- Physical activity
- Restorative sleep
- Stress management
- Avoidance of risky substances
- Positive social connections
Programs must incorporate either nutrition or physical activity and can include any other areas.
Eligible applicants are any organization that meets the requirements including, but 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
- Federally Qualified Health Centers
- Rural Health Clinics
- Indian Health Service/Tribal Services/Urban Indian Programs
- Local and state governments
Funding will be awarded to up to 30 organizations split between 2 cohorts. Cohort 1 begins in October 2026 and cohort 2 begins in October 2027. Three of the 30 awards will be reserved for programs focused on dementia and cognitive decline.
Competitive applicants will demonstrate:
- Strong, evidence-based support for the proposed intervention(s) and proof of successful history of implementation of the intervention and cost savings
- Ability to recruit large numbers of participants with a clear randomization plan and advanced data management capabilities
Given the model's minimum beneficiary targets and extensive data management requirements, applicants who do not directly provide clinical care are strongly encouraged to form partnerships with care entities or organizations that deliver clinical care. This collaboration helps ensure you can meet the full operational requirements of the program.
Award amount: up to $3,300,000
Project period: 3 years
Estimated number of awards: up to 30
Estimated total program funding:
$100,000,000
Links to the full announcement and online application process are available through grants.gov. The application instructions will be found on the related documents tab.
A letter of intent, due April 10, 2026, is required to apply for this opportunity.
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