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January 2024 Announcements to the OneCare Network
1. 2024 Medicaid Attribution List Available on OneCare Portal The 2024 Medicaid attribution list is now available on the OneCare Portal, filename: Medicaid 2024 Attribution List.xlsx. As a reminder, this list contains the following fields for all attributed Medicaid...
December Announcements to the OneCare Network
1. 2024 Medicaid Beneficiary Notification Letter Mailed December 6 The 2024 Medicaid Beneficiary Notification Letter was sent to individuals newly attributed to the OneCare accountable care organization on Wednesday, December 6. If you receive questions from a...
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....
October Announcements to the OneCare Network
1. Experience of Care Coordination Survey Our annual Experience of Care Coordination Survey is now underway. Each health service area (HSA) is responsible for collecting a minimum of 35 surveys. Survey data is due November 6, 2023. Materials have been sent to the care...
September Announcements to the OneCare Network
1. Experience of Care Coordination Survey Our annual Experience of Care Coordination Survey is now underway. Each health service area (HSA) is responsible for collecting a minimum of 35 surveys. Survey data is due November 6, 2023. Materials have been sent to the care...
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...
August Announcements to the OneCare Network
1. Performance Year 2024 Network Contracts Due August 15 On June 30, your ACO contract documents for next year’s participation were emailed to your hospital, practice, or organization’s contracting contact(s). Please return your contracts to contracting@onecarevt.org...
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...