Healthfirst in Collaboration with all Participating Providers and Affiliates of their ACOs: Accountable Care Coalition of the Green Mountains and Vermont Collaborative Physicians:
Healthfirst has used SIM grant funding to build the infrastructure of their ACO, coordinating the efforts of independent practitioners. The project has entailed hiring administrative staff and establishing governance, consumer advisory, and quality-control boards to direct the ACO’s activities. The ACO develops and distributes templates and educational materials to Healthfirst members to guide delivery of high-quality care and related data tracking. They have succeeded in getting member physicians involved in state-level health care reform initiatives, which has enabled Healthfirst to stay current on important issues, while ensuring that the perspective of independent practitioners is represented in the statewide conversation about health care reform. More than 160 independent physicians are Healthfirst members, as well as 90 physician assistants and nurse practitioners and the RNs and LPNs employed by the member practices. Healthfirst’s member physicians care for between 70,000 and 120,000 Vermonters at their practices.
Grant # 03410-1305-15 Amendment 1