Grant Opportunity Summary

As one of AHW’s three Landmark Initiatives, the Remote Hypertension Control initiative will aim to address the ongoing challenges and opportunities related to managing hypertension within Wisconsin.

AHW’s Remote Hypertension Control Grants funding opportunity supports coordinated, community-based health care organization or system efforts toward remote blood pressure monitoring, management, and improvement in blood pressure control. AHW seeks to catalyze scalable, financially self-sustaining models capable of serving large numbers of patients and delivering measurable and positive clinical and economic impact. Eligible health care organizations or systems can request up to $300,000 for projects to be completed during a three-year period, beginning Jan. 1, 2026. Applications are due on Monday, September 15 by 5 PM CT.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in all regions of Wisconsin. The number one risk factor for heart disease is hypertension (high blood pressure). More than 1.4 million residents of Wisconsin have high blood pressure (BP). Less than 30% are at their BP goal. But most could be. Given the evidence base for effective approaches to BP control, including remote BP monitoring and team-based care, applicants are encouraged to focus on these strategic funding areas:

• Home BP measurement technology that works for everyone and integration of home readings into electronic medical record systems and clinical workflows; data visualization and curation to support team-based care.

• Coordinated team roles (e.g., referring physicians, patient educators and remote patient monitoring (RPM) or remote patient care (RPC) coordinators at health care organizations with external RPM/RPC vendor technical and clinical teams).

• Billing system infrastructure and execution for sustainability of RPM/RPC.