CMS Innovation Center Announces ELEVATE Model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center announced a new model that will provide approximately $100 million to fund three-year cooperative agreements to promote health and prevention for Original Medicare beneficiaries.
The Enhancing Lifestyle and Evaluating Value-based Approaches Through Evidence Model “will utilize evidence-based, whole-person care approaches — including functional or lifestyle medicine interventions — currently not covered by Original Medicare.”
CMS will release a Notice of Funding Opportunity for this model in early 2026.
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