On January 5th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced $157 million in funding for a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) initiative, the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model. The five-year grant program will allow up to 44 award recipients to test approaches for identifying and addressing the unmet health-related social needs of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries through enhanced access to clinical care and community services. The AHC will target the following unmet health-related social needs: housing instability; food insecurity; utility needs; interpersonal violence; and transportation needs.
Organizations interested in applying for AHC Model funding must submit a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) by February 8, 2016 and an application by March 31, 2016. CMS anticipates announcing awards in the fall 2016 and that funding will begin January 1, 2017.
Attached please find a summary of this opportunity.