CMS MAHA ELEVATE Program for FQHCs

CMS Innovation Center launched a $100M program specifically for FQHCs under the MAHA framework — here's what the application opportunity looks like

FQHCs just got a $100M shot at transforming Medicare care. Here's what you need to know.

CMS Innovation Center launched MAHA ELEVATE — Make America Healthy Again: Elevating Local Access to Value-based Everything — a new payment model specifically targeting Federally Qualified Health Centers and their Medicare patient populations. The program reflects a policy direction that has been building under the current administration: using FQHCs as the primary vehicle for community-based preventive care and chronic disease management under Medicare.

📊 The $100 million investment is structured as an advanced alternative payment model with upfront transformation payments, ongoing per-member-per-month care management payments, and shared savings opportunities tied to quality outcomes and total cost of care reduction. FQHCs that participate receive the financial resources to invest in care transformation — staffing, technology, workflow redesign — with the expectation that improved outcomes and red…