Leadership

Chief Executive Officer, OneCare Vermont

Abe Berman serves as the chief executive officer for the OneCare accountable care organization headquartered in Colchester, Vermont. OneCare partners with over 5,000 local health care providers to transform Vermont’s health care system to one that focuses on population health by providing actionable data and innovative payments that foster better outcomes for all.

Abe was instrumental in founding OneCare and returned to the organization in 2023. He has more than a decade of progressive leadership experience in health care delivery, reimbursement, and strategy—with expertise in value-based care models and payment reform. Prior to his current role, he served as the vice president of revenue strategy for the University of Vermont Health Network, returning to the organization in 2021 after five years with UnitedHealthcare. At UnitedHealthcare, he served as the network president for the northeast region where he was responsible for maintaining a geographically competitive and stable provider network. In this role, he gained invaluable experience in developing and operating innovative payment and partnership models from the payer perspective.

Abe holds a BA in psychology from New York University, an MS in accountancy from the University of Notre Dame, an MS in health care delivery science from Dartmouth College, and is a fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Outside of work, Abe enjoys a variety of outdoor activities but spends most of his time cycling during the warm weather and on the slopes during the winter season. He resides in Shelburne, Vermont, with his wife and teenage daughter.

Chief Operating Officer, OneCare Vermont

Sara Barry, PhD, MPH, is chief operating officer (COO) for OneCare Vermont Accountable Care Organization. Sara joined OneCare in 2016 to lead population health activities, building multisector collaborations across the continuum of care to improve clinical care delivery and health outcomes. In this role she oversaw clinical, quality, analytics, and informatics functions. In 2019, Sara became the COO, turning her talents for systems change and improvement to helping to grow and evolve internal operations and support network-wide performance. Sara manages organizational governance, strategic planning and operational priorities, and works alongside colleagues to negotiate payer contracts that support provider accountability for high quality, person-centered care.

Sara brings more than 20 years of experience designing, conducting, and evaluating health care improvement initiatives, both statewide and nationally. Prior to her tenure at OneCare, Sara 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. Sara is a seasoned quality improvement trainer, facilitator, and coach. She’s worked with hundreds of clinical teams to implement topic-specific quality improvement projects. Sara earned her PhD in Leadership and Change from Antioch University, a master’s in public health from Dartmouth Medical School’s Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences, and has completed additional post-graduate work in leadership, health policy, and research. She also consults nationally with health care delivery and health care improvement organizations to improve the capacity of the clinical workforce to achieve significant improvements in health care delivery and health outcomes. Sara is currently teaching doctoral students research methods that reflect critical perspectives needed to increase inclusive leadership and promote social justice-driven change. In her free time, Sara enjoys traveling, gardening, long walks with her dog, and spending time with family and friends.

Chief Medical Officer, OneCare Vermont

Dr. Carrie Wulfman is chief medical officer (CMO) for OneCare Vermont Accountable Care Organization. As CMO at OneCare, Dr. Wulfman provides overall clinical leadership and direction and serves as the senior clinical representative with government, public, and commercial insurers. Using her primary care viewpoint and experience, Dr. Wulfman is a facilitator and promoter of value-based care involvement by all the members throughout the state—sharing the benefits of the OneCare model and maximizing participation. Dr. Wulfman is a family medicine physician of 30 years, currently practicing at Brandon Primary Care in Addison County and continues to practice while holding the position of chief medical officer at OneCare Vermont. In addition, Dr. Wulfman held the position of chief medical officer at Porter from 2016-2019 and medical director at Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Middlebury, VT from 2013-2016. Most recently, Dr. Wulfman was the population health physician liaison for OneCare Vermont and the UVM Health Network, a role that supports clinical care delivery transformation, value-based care policies and contracts, and provider performance under accountable care contracts to improve the health of Vermonters. Dr. Wulfman graduated with honors from Indiana University School Of Medicine and completed her residency at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA.

Chief Financial Officer, OneCare Vermont

Before joining OneCare, Tom Borys, MBA, spent twelve years serving in various financial capacities for the Howard Center. Working in the area of mental and behavioral health, Tom became interested in payment reforms that allowed for more flexible and patient-focused care models while enhancing financial stability for health care providers. This led Tom to join OneCare in 2017 as an opportunity to address these issues on a larger scale. Tom is responsible for leading OneCare’s core financial functions. He oversees the necessary planning and execution of the complex strategy required to support the ongoing implementation of statewide value-based care in Vermont, ensures successful financial operations, and is responsible for the development of the annual budget that includes health care spending for lives covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurers. Other important functions performed include contract negotiation, development of financial reform models, forecasting, operational analysis, and financial analysis. Tom received a bachelor’s degree in finance from University of Vermont and his MBA from Champlain College.

Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer, OneCare Vermont

Regina is a principal in BerryDunn’s Healthcare Practice Group and director of the firm’s IRO services and is serving as chief compliance and privacy officer. She brings over 30 years of health care compliance experience.

Regina’s credentials include Certification in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) through the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) and board-certified Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives® (FACHE). Prior to joining BerryDunn, she served in director-level leadership roles on both the provider and payer side of healthcare.