Healthcare Innovation September 15, 2023
Mark Hagland

A healthcare policy researcher asks in the Health Affairs Forefront section whether CMS’s new “AHEAD” model can successfully attract state government and provider participation

On Sep. 5, officials at the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the creation of an entirely new payment model, known by its acronym “AHEAD”—which stands for “States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development Model.” The agency’s announcement explained that “States participating in AHEAD will be accountable for quality and population health outcomes, while reducing all-payer avoidable health care spending to spur statewide and regional health care transformation,” the press release states, adding that, “Through this new voluntary Model, CMS will partner with states to redesign statewide and regionwide health care delivery...

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Topics: CMS, Equity/SDOH, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, Insurance, Payer, Payment Models, Population Health Mgmt, Provider, States, Value Based
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