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Health Equity and Access Workgroup Progress Update
Health equity is a high strategic priority across many health care organizations, including the federal government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). According to the National Association of...
OneCare Vermont Announces Six New Waivers to Improve Health Care Quality and Access
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 13, 2024 Colchester, Vt., - OneCare Vermont, a pioneering accountable care organization dedicated to improving Vermont’s healthcare system, has announced the launch of six new waivers aimed at enhancing access to mental health care, reducing...
Collaboration Spotlight – Social Determinants of Health Screening for Vermonters: Aligning to Uncover Health Disparities
The Challenge and Opportunity: "Social determinants of health (SDoH) are the non-medical factors that influence health outcomes and drive health inequities. They are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and...
OneCare Vermont Announces Abe Berman as Chief Executive Officer: Selected from Competitive Field for Leadership, Experience in Value-Based Care
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 20, 2024 Colchester, Vt. – OneCare Vermont has announced that Abe Berman has been selected as Chief Executive Officer of the organization after a national search. Berman has served as interim CEO since May 2023. Berman has been involved in...
OneCare 2024 Budget
OneCare’s 2024 budget sustains and enhances critical programs to continue our progress toward lowering health care costs and improving population health outcomes. The budget was filed with the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) and the Health Care Advocate Policy Team...
Getting Vermonters in crisis out of emergency departments and into the right mental health care
This was published on October 16, 2023 as a VT Digger Spotlight Article. Reforming our healthcare system requires interventions that address the barriers and inefficiencies that prevent patients from getting the right care, at the right time, and at the right place....
Federal Evaluation Concludes OneCare Vermont is Successfully Driving Down Health Care Costs
US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center releases rigorous evaluation, calling OneCare an “essential mechanism” for supporting providers in value-based care FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 15, 2023 Colchester, Vt. - According to an independent...
Quality Performance Spotlight: Green Mountain Pediatrics Excels at Wellness Visits
OneCare Vermont provides regular, unifying forums for practices within our network to learn from one another, develop relationships among providers, and improve the quality of patient care throughout Vermont. One such example of these forums is OneCare's quarterly...
Reducing Readmissions through Improved Transitions of Care in the St. Albans Health Service Area
Readmitting patients within thirty days of when they were last discharged costs hospitals an average of $17,000 per patient and represents a huge cost to the health care system. To reduce readmissions, the federal government has been penalizing hospitals for excessive...
OneCare Vermont Announces Abe Berman as Interim Chief Executive Officer: Chosen for Leadership, Experience in Value-Based Care
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 17, 2023 Colchester, Vt. – OneCare Vermont has announced that Abe Berman has been selected as Interim Chief Executive Officer of the organization. Berman replaces Vicki Loner, who will step down from the role at the end of May. Berman...