Chief Executive Officer, OneCare Vermont

Victoria E. Loner, MHCDS, RN, CCM, CPUR, PAHM is the chief executive officer (CEO) of OneCare Vermont. She has over 24 years of experience in health care and is recognized locally and nationally for her unique combination of clinical, quality, and health care management expertise. She has played an integral role in the implementation of major health management and payment reform under the Vermont All Payer Accountable Care Model over the last 3 years and has been involved with much of the Vermont state health care reform efforts over the last 10 years.  She has in-depth knowledge of state, federal, and national health care standards, and is committed to the continuous improvement of the quality of healthcare for Vermonters. Vicki has served as deputy commissioner for the Department of Vermont Health Access and also held clinical and managerial roles at both MVP Health Care and BlueCross and BlueShield of Vermont. She began her health care career as a registered nurse (RN) and completed her Bachelor of Science (BS) degree summa cum laude in Health Care Administration and Nursing.  In 2014, she completed her Master of Health Care Delivery Science (MHCDS) degree from Dartmouth College.

Chief Operating Officer, OneCare Vermont

Sara Barry, MPH, is chief operating officer (COO) for OneCare Vermont Accountable Care Organization. Sara Barry has been with OneCare for nearly four years, most recently leading our clinical, quality, analytics, and informatics teams as senior director of value based care. She has 20 years of experience with designing, conducting, and evaluating healthcare improvement initiatives, both statewide and nationally. Prior to her tenure at OneCare, Barry served on the faculty in the department of pediatrics at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, where she was responsible for administrative, fiscal, and operational management of the Vermont Child Health Improvement program. The work there included accountability for strategic planning, program and policy development, grant writing, staff development, and effective and efficient day-to-day operations. Barry is a seasoned quality improvement trainer, facilitator, and coach. She’s worked with hundreds of clinical teams to implement topic-specific quality improvement projects. Barry received her master’s in public health from Dartmouth Medical School’s Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences; has completed additional post-graduate work in leadership, health policy, and research; and is working on her PhD in Leadership and Change. She also consults nationally with healthcare delivery and healthcare improvement organizations to improve the capacity of the clinical workforce to achieve significant improvements in healthcare delivery and health outcomes.

Chief Medical Officer, OneCare Vermont

Norman Ward, M.D. is chief medical officer (CMO) for OneCare Vermont Accountable Care Organization and executive medical director for Accountable Care Services at the University of Vermont Medical Center.  He is a graduate of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He did his family medicine residency in Rochester, NY at the University of Rochester/Highland Hospital Family Medicine Program and served a two year National Health Service Corps obligation in Georgia. Dr. Ward is an associate professor of family medicine at the Robert Larner, M.D.  College Of Medicine at The University of Vermont since 1987. He continues to see patients at South Burlington Family Practice. In his current role at OneCare, he is focused on effectively educating Vermont’s hospitals and providers about “value-based” health reforms, integrating community continuum of care providers with the traditional medical community, and increasing patient and family engagement. He is past president of the Vermont Medical Society and the Fletcher Allen Medical Staff. Dr. Ward completed the Dartmouth Masters of Health Care Delivery Science program in 2015.