The States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) Model is a new federal program that would allow Medicare to join Vermont’s health care reform efforts to improve the health of Vermonters, advance health equity so that everyone can reach their full potential for health, and reduce the growth of healthcare costs. The primary components of the model are:
- Hospital Global Budgets, where hospitals will be paid a fixed amount of revenue, or a “global budget,” to provide services to Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.
- Primary Care AHEAD, which is a voluntary program for primary care practices to receive an additional payment from Medicare to provide coordinated care to Vermonters with Medicare coverage.
Informational Materials
- Watch a video on Vermont’s Health Care Reform Efforts and the State’s application for the AHEAD Model.
- Watch the AHEAD Press Event recording (4/11/24).
- Read Vermont’s AHEAD Model application.
- Read a Press Release about Vermont’s AHEAD Model application.
Please email AHS.HealthCareReform@vermont.gov with any questions or comments.