HealthLeaders Media June 30, 2017
Four of the state’s 14 acute-care hospitals are participating in the new statewide accountable care organization, contracts have been cut with Medicaid and Medicare, and negotiations are underway with BlueCross BlueShield.
Six months after Vermont got federal approval to form an all-payer accountable care organization for more than three-quarters of The Green Mountain State’s population, providers and payers have made the first steps in launching the ACO.
“We haven’t arrived at the new payment models yet, but we are transforming,” Judi Fox, CFO/vice president of finance and revenue cycle at Rutland Regional Medical Center (RRMC), said during her HFMA-ANI conference presentation this week in Orlando, FL.
The Vermont All-Payer ACO has “four steps to get us to risk,” she...