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Blueprint for Health official outlines statewide patient-centered medical home network and community health teams
Summary
John Saroyan, executive director of the Blueprint for Health, briefed the Health Care Committee on the program—s structure, funding mechanism and reach, saying more than 70 percent of Vermonters receive care in participating practices and community health teams have engaged about 26,000 unique individuals.
John Saroyan, executive director of the Blueprint for Health, told the Health Care Committee that the statewide program centers on patient-centered medical homes, multidisciplinary community health teams and value-based per-member payments that pay for team-based supports without point-of-service billing to patients.
Saroyan said the Blueprint was codified in state statute, piloted in 2008, and expanded statewide through subsequent legislative action. He described the program—s four primary initiatives: recognized patient-centered medical homes, community health teams that provide social supports and care coordination, the hub-and-spoke medications-for-opioid-use-disorder system, and a pregnancy-intention initiative that expands access to…
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