From the Executive Director
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Early Results from Vermont's All-Payer Model
Recently, I was honored to sit on a panel with other health care leaders to discuss early successes with Vermont’s all-payer model. Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, a national health care reform expert currently teaching and practicing at Johns Hopkins University, moderated the panel and put Vermont’s experience in a national context. (Watch excerpts from
my remarks or a
highlights video from the panel.)
Sharfstein reported results from a recent independent evaluation of Vermont’s performance with OneCare, our state’s Accountable Care Organization (ACO). Vermont showed reduced hospitalizations among OneCare-attributed Vermonters. Vermont showed reduced hospitalizations among OneCare-attributed Vermonters. Moreover, among the three states studied through the evaluation, only Vermont showed a reduction in costs. He emphasized the importance of the inclusion of Medicare in Vermont’s model. Medicare beneficiaries make up a substantial proportion of patients for all providers. Without Medicare, it’s hard for health care reform to succeed.
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Paid Family Leave
By a single vote, the House failed to override Governor Phil Scott’s veto of the paid family leave bill. The Administration is promoting the voluntary expansion of a new state employees' paid leave program.
Telemedicine
The House Health Care Committee heard overwhelming support from provider groups for
H.723, a bill to require health insurance reimbursement for expanded telehealth services. The bill is aimed at what’s known as “store-and-forward” telemedicine services. Store-and-forward is “asynchronous communication” (meaning more like e-mail than like Skype) and is generally used for provider-to-provider consultations.
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Calvin Cutler, WCAX
Kevin McCallum, Seven Days
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Educational Opportunities
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Materials Available Online
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Home Health Aide/LNA Training Materials
Caring Connection newsletters and support materials are available for your use in supplementing in-house staff training.
Additionally, we offer a few recorded webinar series on specific topics that are pertinent to LNAs, aides and other direct care providers. Here are some examples with the first video in each series unlocked so you and your team can determine if online learning appeals to them:
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nstructors:
Katherine Vanderhorst, RN, BSN and Amy Craven, PT, MS, DPT from C & V Senior Care Services. They are experts in behavioral health and dementia treatment in home care settings.
Purchase entire series
here
Instructors:
Jennifer Gullison, RN, MSN, COS-C, is the Clinical Director at Cornerstone VNA, Rochester, NH.
Elizabeth DeFeo RN, WCC, OMS, CWOCN, is the Wound, Ostomy & Continence Specialist
Purchase entire series
here
There is no limit to the number of views or staff that can be trained from your agency once purchased.
Other Materials Available Online
Video of classroom session available for purchase
Hosted by NAHC
"Opiods: What You Need to Know" training materials
Compiled by SASH
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Webinars and In-person Events
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Feb 13, 20, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Hosted by VNAs of Vermont
Webinar
February 25
Noon to 1
Hosted by OneCare
Webinar
Part of the Caring Connections Monthly Aide and LNA series
March 12
3 to 4 p.m.
Hosted by VNAs of Vermont
Webinar
March 17
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Hosted by VNAs of Vermont
Webinar
Use code
2020PDGM to enroll
March 30, 2020
AC Hotel
Worcester, MA
Part of the Caring Connections Monthly Aide and LNA series
April 9, 2020
3 to 4 p.m.
Hosted by VNAs of Vermont
Webinar
Grappone Conference Center
Concord, NH
November 21, 2019
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Hosted by the Home Care, Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance of New Hampshire
In-person event
Concord NH
March 16 to 20
Hosted by VNAs of Vermont
In-person event
April 8, 22, May 6, 20 and June 3, 17
The Common Man Concord
Concord, NH
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Hosted by VNAs of Vermont
In-person event
June 24, 25. Exam on June 26.
Fireside Inn, West Lebanon, NH
Hosted by VNAs of Vermont
In-person event
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