Vermont All-Payer ACO Model: Fact Sheet

Abstract

The Vermont All-Payer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model is the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) new test of an alternative payment model in which the most significant payers throughout the state – Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial healthcare payers – incentivize healthcare value and quality, with a focus on health outcomes, under the same payment structure for the majority of providers throughout the state’s care delivery system and transform healthcare for the entire state and its population.