Notices to Parties Under this Agreement. To the extent notices are made under this Contract, the parties agree that such notices shall only be effective if sent to the following persons as representatives of the parties: State Representative Contractor Name DVHA Legal Counsel Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Address Dept. of Vermont Health Access 000 Xxxxx Xx., XXX 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 Email XXX.XXXXXxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx xxx@xxx.xxx AGRIGULTURAL COLLEGE 10/14/2022 10/14/2022 Xxxxxx De Xx Xxxxxx, Commissioner Date NOB 1 South, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx XXXXXXXXX, XX 00000 PHONE: 000-000-0000 Email: Xxxxxx.XxXxXxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Date 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 PHONE: 000-000-0000 Email: xxx@xxx.xxx 1. Overview 1. National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) PCMH recognition; 2. Effective use of information technology systems, such as registries and portals to improve data-driven care; 3. Implementation of clinical best-practice guidelines; 4. Establishment and evolution of team-based care; 5. Integration of behavioral health care; and 6. Seamless connection with community resources for referral and co-management of patient needs. QI Facilitators also support Health Service Areas (HSA) and their transformation into Accountable Communities for Health. QI Facilitators provide quality improvement support for the HSAs in strengthening clinical-community relationships, improving population health outcomes, increasing health equity, and providing higher value services and supports. QI Facilitators provide quality improvement facilitation services to Community Collaboratives. Community Collaboratives are a governance structure for multi-sector population-health planning in Vermont communities. Each Vermont HSA has a Community Collaborative, which includes local leaders representing primary care (including pediatrics), the area hospital, home health or the Visiting Nurse Association, the Area Agency on Aging, the Designated (mental health) Agency, the Designated Regional Housing Organization, state agencies, and others. These leaders meet regularly to identify local priorities and plan how to use their collective resources to improve health and wellbeing. QI Facilitators attend, design, and implement learning collaboratives as an innovative method of communication and learning between community partners. Learning collaboratives are an established strategy for reducing practice variation, caring for complex patients, and implementing guidelines (Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 2003). The methodology of learning collaboratives consists of three (3) main components: didactic or expert presentation on aspects of the topic including research-based evidence and practice guidelines; practice-based learning via case discussion; and the collection of common data measures across providers and/or practices.
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Notices to Parties Under this Agreement. To the extent notices are made under this Contract, the parties agree that such notices shall only be effective if sent to the following persons as representatives of the parties: State Representative Contractor Name Name: DVHA Legal Counsel Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Address Xxxxxxx, MBA, BSN RN Address: Dept. of Vermont Health Access 000 Xxxxx Xx., XXX 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 1010 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx 000, Xxx 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 Email 02908 Email: XXX.XXXXXxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx xxx@xxx.xxx AGRIGULTURAL COLLEGE 10/14/2022 10/14/2022 Xxxxxx De Xx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx-xx.xxx Xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx, interim Commissioner Date NOB 1 SouthXXX 0 Xxxxx, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx XXXXXXXXXXxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 PHONE: 000-000-0000 Email: Xxxxxx.XxXxXxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx XXXXX XXXXXXX, MBA, BSN RN DATE Care Transformation Collaborative of Rhode Island 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Date 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 000, Xxx 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx XxxxxxxxxxXXXXXXXXXX, XX 00000 PHONE: (000-) 000-0000 Email: xxx@xxx.xxx
1xxxxxxxx@xxx-xx.xxx Contractor will serve as a training provider with Blueprint to further objectives related to Community Health Team Expansion, in particular, the training of Quality Improvement Facilitators in quality improvement competencies relevant to integration of mental health and substance use disorder intervention in Patient Centered Medical Homes. Overview
1. National Committee Act 167 of 2022 requires the Director of Health Care Reform to make recommendations about increasing the Per Member Per Month amount for Quality Assurance (NCQA) PCMH recognition;
2. Effective use of information technology systems, such as registries Blueprint for Health Community Health Teams to support additional services for Vermonters with complex health and portals to improve data-driven care;
3. Implementation of clinical best-practice guidelines;
4. Establishment and evolution of team-based care;
5. Integration of behavioral health care; and
6. Seamless connection with community resources for referral and co-management of patient social needs. QI Facilitators also support Health Service Areas (HSA) In response, the Governor’s State Fiscal Year 2024 budget included Medicaid funding for a two-year pilot program that would include expansion of screening and their transformation into Accountable Communities for Health. QI Facilitators provide quality improvement support for the HSAs in strengthening clinical-community relationshipsmental health and substance use disorder treatment services, improving population health outcomes, increasing health equity, and providing higher value services and supports. QI Facilitators provide increased quality improvement facilitation services to Community Collaboratives. Community Collaboratives are a governance structure for multi-sector population-health planning in Vermont communities. Each Vermont HSA has a Community Collaborative, which includes local leaders representing primary care (including pediatrics)practices, education and training, and program evaluation. The Legislature supported the Governor’s proposal. A critical goal of this initiative is to address the rising number and rate of deaths from suicide and drug overdose in Vermont. In accordance with Section 7 of Act 167 of 2022, the area hospitalBlueprint for Health proposal to increase funding for Community Health Teams was submitted to the legislature and the Governor’s State Fiscal Year 2024 budget included $21M in Medicaid funding for a two-year pilot program that would include expansion of screening and mental health and substance use disorder treatment services, home health or increased quality improvement facilitation for primary care practices, education and training, and program evaluation. As of October 31, 2023, 105 Patient Centered Medical Homes have signed on to the Visiting Nurse Association, the Area Agency on Aging, the Designated (pilot program to implement systematic screening for mental health) Agency, the Designated Regional Housing Organization, state agenciessubstance use, and others. These leaders meet regularly social needs; integrate new Community Health Team members, and work with quality improvement facilitators to identify local priorities opportunities and plan how goals that contribute to use their collective resources addressing morbidity and mortality associated with these needs increasingly presenting for Vermonters. The Quality Improvement Facilitators with the Blueprint for Health, both those existing within the network and those being hired specifically for the Community Health Team Expansion, need to improve health acquire new knowledge and wellbeing. QI Facilitators attendskills to support the integration of mental health, designsubstance use, and implement learning collaboratives as an innovative method social determinant of communication and learning between community partners. Learning collaboratives are an established strategy for reducing practice variation, caring for complex patients, and implementing guidelines (Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 2003)health interventions in Patient Centered Medical Homes. The methodology CTC-RI Training program will support Blueprint for Health Quality Improvement Facilitators in the following areas: • Development of learning collaboratives consists of three (3) main components: didactic or expert presentation on aspects of the topic including researchcore competencies for IBH facilitation • Understanding PCMH and IBH landscapes • Reviewing processes and procedures for IBH facilitation • Completing evaluation in IBH practice facilitation • Strengthening approaches to sustainable evidence-based evidence and practice guidelines; practice-based learning via case discussion; and the collection of common data measures across providers and/or practices.integrated care
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Notices to Parties Under this Agreement. To the extent notices are made under this Contract, the parties agree that such notices shall only be effective if sent to the following persons as representatives of the parties: State Representative Contractor Name Name: DVHA Legal Counsel Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Address Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, MD Address: Dept. of Vermont Health Access 000 Xxxxx Xx., XXX 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx #000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx XxxxxxxxxxXxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 Email 00000 Email: XXX.XXXXXxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx xxx@xxx.xxx AGRIGULTURAL COLLEGE 10/14/2022 10/14/2022 xxxxxxxx.x.xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx Xxxxxx De Xx Xxxxxx, Commissioner Date NOB 1 SouthXXX 0 Xxxxx, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx XXXXXXXXX, XX 00000 PHONE: 000-000-0000 Email: Xxxxxx.XxXxXxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, MD Date 00 Xxxxxxx Date Xxxxxx XXXX #000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx XxxxxxxxxxXXXXXXX, XX 00000 PHONE: 000-000-0000 Email: xxx@xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.x.xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx Contractor will serve as a Physician Clinical Consultant (herein referred to as “PCC”) with Blueprint to further objectives related to primary care transformation, strengthening community care networks, building accountable communities for health, and meeting relevant clinical guidelines and national standards defined by the All-Payer Model (APM), the State, Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB), and Vermont’s Accountable Care Organization (ACO). Act 167 of 2022 requires the Director of Health Care Reform to make recommendations about increasing the Per Member Per Month amount for Blueprint for Health Community Health Teams to support additional services for Vermonters with complex health and social needs. In response, the Governor’s State Fiscal Year 2024 budget included Medicaid funding for a two-year pilot program that would include expansion of screening and mental health and substance use disorder treatment services, increased quality improvement facilitation for primary care practices, education and training, and program evaluation. The Legislature supported the Governor’s proposal. A critical goal of this initiative is to address the rising number and rate of deaths from suicide and drug overdose in Vermont. The PCC supports the Blueprint for Health Executive Director in the following areas:
1. Overview
1. National Committee Conducting extensive literature reviews on integrated primary care and the Vermont Hub and Spoke Program for Quality Assurance (NCQA) PCMH recognitionthe treatment of opioid use disorder;
2. Effective use Performing detailed reviews of information technology systems, such as registries and portals legislative testimony related to improve data-driven carethe Blueprint for Health;
3. Implementation of clinical best-practice guidelinesDrafting materials for Blueprint legislative testimony, including presentations about the Community Health Team program expansion;
4. Establishment and evolution Updating summaries of team-based care;
5. Integration of behavioral health available evidence to support integrated primary care; and
65. Seamless connection with community resources Eliciting and compiling stakeholder feedback. The PCC also supports Blueprint for referral and co-management of patient needs. QI Facilitators also support Health Service Areas (HSA) and their transformation into Accountable Communities for Health. QI Facilitators provide quality improvement support for the HSAs Central Office Staff in strengthening clinical-community relationships, improving population health outcomes, increasing health equity, and providing higher value services and supports. QI Facilitators provide quality improvement facilitation services to Community Collaboratives. Community Collaboratives are a governance structure for multi-sector population-health planning in Vermont communities. Each Vermont HSA has a Community Collaborative, which includes local leaders representing primary care (including pediatrics), the area hospital, home health or the Visiting Nurse Association, the Area Agency on Aging, the Designated (mental health) Agency, the Designated Regional Housing Organization, state agencies, and others. These leaders meet regularly to identify local priorities and plan how to use their collective resources to improve health and wellbeing. QI Facilitators attend, design, and implement learning collaboratives as an innovative method of communication and learning between community partners. Learning collaboratives are an established strategy for reducing practice variation, caring for complex patients, and implementing guidelines (Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 2003). The methodology of learning collaboratives consists of three (3) main components: didactic or expert presentation on aspects of the topic including research-based evidence and practice guidelines; practice-based learning via case discussion; and the collection of common data measures across providers and/or practices.
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Notices to Parties Under this Agreement. To the extent notices are made under this Contract, the parties agree that such notices shall only be effective if sent to the following persons as representatives of the parties: State Representative Contractor Name Name: DVHA Legal Counsel Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Address Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Address: Dept. of Vermont Health Access 000 Xxxxx Xx., XXX 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx XxxxxxxxxxXxxxxx Bellows Falls, XX 00000-0000 Email VT 05101 Email: XXX.XXXXXxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx xxx@xxx.xxx AGRIGULTURAL COLLEGE 10/14/2022 10/14/2022 Xxxxxxxxx.Xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx Xxxxxx De Xx Xxxxxx, Commissioner Date NOB 1 SouthXXX 0 Xxxxx, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx XXXXXXXXX, XX 00000 PHONE: 000-000-0000 Email: Xxxxxx.XxXxXxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Date 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx XxxxxxxxxxXxxxxx BELLOWS FALLS, XX 00000 PHONEVT 05101PHONE: 000-000-0000 Email: xxx@xxx.xxx
1xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx @xxxxx.xxx Contractor will serve as a Quality Improvement (QI) Facilitator (herein referred to as “QI Facilitator”) with Blueprint to further objectives related to primary care transformation, strengthen community care networks, build accountable communities for health, and to meet relevant clinical guidelines and national standards defined by the All-Payer Model (APM), the State, Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB), and Vermont’s Accountable Care Organization (ACO). OverviewThrough Blueprint, QI Facilitators support primary care practices in their transformation into Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) through implementation of a care delivery model that is patient-centered, comprehensive, team-based, coordinated, accessible, and focused on quality and safety. Through continuous quality improvement coaching, QI Facilitators support practices through:
1. National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) PCMH recognition;
2. Effective use of information technology systems, such as registries and portals to improve data-driven care;
3. Implementation of clinical best-practice guidelines;
4. Establishment and evolution of team-based care;
5. Integration of behavioral health care; and
6. Seamless connection with community resources for referral and co-management of patient needs. QI Facilitators also support Health Service Areas (HSA) and their transformation into Accountable Communities for Health. QI Facilitators provide quality improvement support for the HSAs in strengthening clinical-community relationships, improving population health outcomes, increasing health equity, and providing higher value services and supports. QI Facilitators provide quality improvement practice facilitation services to Community Collaboratives. Community Collaboratives are a governance structure for multi-sector population-health planning in Vermont communities. Each Vermont HSA has a Community Collaborative, which includes local leaders representing primary care (including pediatrics), the area hospital, home health or the Visiting Nurse Association, the Area Agency on Aging, the Designated (mental health) Agency, the Designated Regional Housing Organization, state agencies, and others. These leaders meet regularly to identify local priorities and plan how to use their collective resources to improve health and wellbeing. QI Facilitators attend, design, and implement learning collaboratives as an innovative method of communication and learning between community partners. Learning collaboratives are an established strategy for reducing practice variation, caring for complex patients, and implementing guidelines (Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 2003). The methodology of learning collaboratives consists of three (3) main components: didactic or expert presentation on aspects of the topic including research-based evidence and practice guidelines; practice-based learning via case discussion; and the collection of common data measures across providers and/or practices. as soon as practicable. Contractor will satisfy all applicable performance requirements stated herein.
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