Vermont’s Health Care Reform Landscape: All Payer Accountable Care Organization Model
Roundtable Summer Meeting | Thursday, June 13th | Basin Harbor
ADVANCE MATERIALS AND MEDIA:
To help prepare members to engage in this important discussion on Vermont’s All Payer ACO Model in advance of the Summer Meeting, we have have compiled some resources you may find valuable.
* APM and ACO Summary – Brief background on Vermont’s All Payer ACO Model and OneCare Vermont
* Navigant Rural Hospital Analysis – Rural Hospital Sustainability: New Analysis Shows Worsening Situation for Rural Hospitals, Residents
* State Innovation Models (SIM) Initiative Evaluation – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are testing the ability of state governments to use their policy and regulatory levers to accelerate statewide health care systems transformation. Vermont was one of six Model Test States.
* Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Report Recognizes Vermont’s All-Payer Health Reform – Press Release from Governor Scott’s Office
* The Milbank Quarterly on Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations in Four States: Implementation and Early Impacts – Of special note, this paper reports: “Between the three states, Vermont had the most promising results in reducing high-cost service use (inpatient admissions and ED visits) and Medicaid cost growth, followed by Minnesota and Maine.” and “Only Vermont’s ACO demonstrated slower growth in total Medicaid expenditures.”
ROUNDTABLE 2018 HEALTH CARE SURVEY RESULTS
Executive Summary
Full Report by Hickok & Boardman HR Intelligence
EVENT PRESENTATIONS
Luncheon Speaker Jeff Carr’s Presentation on the Economy
Dr. Sharfstein’s Health Care 360 Keynote Presentation
Green Mountain Care Board Chair Kevin Mullin’s Presentation
OhMD CEO Ethan Bechtel’s Presentation
Pictal Health Founder Katie McCurdy’s Presentation
Staple Health Founder and CEO Nicholas Lovejoy’s Presentation
CONNECT WITH HEALTHCARE ENTREPRENEURS
Ethan Bechtel (OhMD): LinkedIn
Katie McCurdy (Pictal Health): LinkedIn
Nicholas Lovejoy (Staple Health): LinkedIn
Dr. Andy Kaplan (DriveAbility): Contact Sherra Bourget for email
OTHER MEDIA OF INTEREST
“American Voters Have a Simple Health-Care Message for 2020: Just Fix It!” (WSJ, 6.2.19)
“Why Vermont’s Single-Payer Effort Failed and What Democrats Can Learn From It” (Washington Post, 4.29.19)