Vermont All-Payer ACO Successfully Drove Down Costs, Acute Care Over 4 Years

AJMC August 11, 2023
Laura Joszt, MA

The program, which scales an accountable care organization (ACO) model across all major payers in Vermont, reduced Medicare spending and hospitalizations while improving patient care.

In Vermont, a program to scale an accountable care organization (ACO) model across all major payers in the state successfully reduced Medicare spending, lowered hospitalizations, and improved patient care. The Vermont All-Payer ACO Model (VTAPM) released the latest results in the model’s Third Evaluation and Findings at a Glance^1,2; the analysis was commissioned by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation and conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago.

The evaluations look at the first 4 performance years (PYs) of the model, from 2018 to 2021. The model will conclude in 2024. OneCare Vermont...

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