Vermont Hospitals Announce Creation Of Accountable Care Organization

Circle Connections: Mergers & Acquisitions Officials from Burlington's Fletcher Allen Health Care, the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, and other hospitals serving Vermont are joining to announce the creation of the nation's first statewide accountable care organization. Today's announcement means about 42,000 of Vermont's 118,000 Medicare beneficiaries will get their care from the new entity. Accountable care organizations are called for under the federal health reform law of 2010. This was reported by Vermont Public Radio on January 18, 2013. Contact information: James Weinstein, Chief Executive Officer & President, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical . . .