There are no announcements at this time.

Current Activities

• Medical Home Chapter Champions Program on Asthma, Allergy, and Anaphylaxis
  This program supports the facilitation and dissemination of best practices, evidence-based guidelines, and resources in asthma, allergy, and anaphylaxis for clinicians throughout the state.

• Advancing the Pediatric Medical Home: Blueprint for Health and Community Health Teams
  An overview of Vermont's statewide medical home program for children and youth which provides enhanced payment to clinicians practicing within medical homes.
• Vermont Child Health Improvement Program
  A program focusing on improving pediatric population health through quality improvement initiatives and cross-system collaboration.
• A Learning Community of Improvement Partnership in State CYSHCN Programs
  Vermont provides leadership and technical assistance to four state-based improvement partnerships amount Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) programs funded through Title V.
• Child Health Advances Measured in Practice
  This multi-year improvement project will focus on improving the health outcomes of pediatric Medicaid beneficiaries, as well as assisting the clinicians and professionals that care for them.
• Vermont Program for Evidence in Practice
  This project improves the treatment and outcomes of children with emotional and behavioral health disorders within the context of the medical home.
• State Innovation Model Testing Award
  Vermont was awarded a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid State Innovation Model Testing Award in February 2013. Through this grant, Vermont is implementing strategies to transform a state's health care delivery system through multi-payer payment reform and additional state initiatives.

Past Activities

•  Pediatric Care Coordination Learning Collaborative
  Through funding from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Vermont enhanced care coordination through two practice-based learning collaboratives.
• Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act Quality Demonstration Grants
  Vermont was a partner on one of 10 grants funded to improve health care quality and delivery systems for children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
• Improving Health Outcomes for Children Program
  Formed as a result of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act Quality Demonstration Grants, this project assisted practices in becoming formally recognized as medical homes.
• Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program
  With funding from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, these community-based projects address health disparities and implement components of the pediatric medical home. Past projects in Vermont include the following:

• Whatever it Takes

• Vermont Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
  This professional organization provides news, advocacy/legislation information, resources, and opportunities to connect with pediatric experts within Vermont

• Vermont Family Network
  The Family Health Information Center and Family Voices State Affiliate Organization of Vermont provides education, information, and peer support to families of children with special health care needs.
• Vermont Title V
  A profile of Vermont's state Title V program, includes contact information for the Maternal and Child Health and the Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program.
• Vermont Medicaid Provider Portal
  Vermont Medicaid Consumer Information
  State Medicaid Directors Contact Information
  Find information on Medicaid programs, resources, providers, and contacts within Vermont.

• Vermont 2014 CHIP Fact Sheet
  This fact sheet provides key information about Vermont's Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) at a time when Vermont was implementing the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization and the Affordable Care Act.
• Vermont Medicaid Fact Sheet
  Provides information on the number of children in Vermont eligible, enrolled, and unenrolled in Medicaid.
• State at-a-glance Chartbook on Coverage and Financing for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
  This chartbook provides state specific data on select indicators of health coverage and financing for children and youth with special health care needs.
• Medical Home Data Portal, Vermont State Profile, CYSHCN
  This profile summarizes pediatric medical home results from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN), 2009/2010.
• Medical Home Data Portal, Vermont Profile, All Children
  This profile summarizes pediatric medical home results from the National Survey of Children's Health, 2007.
• National Academy for State Health Policy Vermont Medical Home State Page
  This state page summarizes Medicaid and CHIP initiatives in Vermont that promote medical home implementation.
• Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative Vermont PCMH Map
  This state page summarizes public and private payer patient-centered medical home (PCMH) initiatives in Vermont.