# Achieving Healthcare Efficiency through Accountable Design (AHEAD) Model (93.968)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/93-968-achieving-healthcare-efficiency-through-accountable-design/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Achieving Healthcare Efficiency through Accountable Design (AHEAD) Model is run by Department of Health and Human Services. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $17.7 million in 7 grants, about $2.5 million per award.

## Objectives

The Achieving Healthcare Efficiency through Accountable Design (AHEAD) Model (referred to as “AHEAD” or the “AHEAD Model”), is a voluntary, state-based alternative payment and service delivery model. It focuses on preventative care, empowering patients, protecting taxpayers, and increasing choice and competition.
The AHEAD Model will test a flexible framework that includes statewide or sub-state accountability targets for:
• All-payers and Medicare fee-for-service cost growth.
• Primary care investment.
• Population health outcomes.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $2.5 million | 1 |
| 2022 | $1.5 million | 1 |
| 2023 | -$3.3 million | 0 |
| 2024 | $13.0 million | 4 |
| 2025 | $4.0 million | 2 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Human Services Vermont Agency of | Vermont | $4.0 million |
| Maryland Department of Health | Maryland | $4.0 million |
| Department of Human Services Hawaii | Hawaii | $2.5 million |
| Office of Health Strategy | Connecticut | $2.5 million |
| Health & Human Services, Rhode Island Executive Office of | Rhode Island | $2.0 million |
| NYS Department of Health | New York | $2.0 million |
| Pennsylvania Department of Health | Pennsylvania | $735,000 |