Vermont's Blueprint for Health program continues to reduce health care costs by improving preventive and primary care, but that success is threatened by low incentive payments, according to a new report.
Blueprint participation required substantial upfront investments by primary care practices. The program also created a network of multidisciplinary health teams that use social workers, dietitians and others to keep patients healthy.
Those costs were defrayed with grant money, but the ongoing incentive payments may not be enough to keep providers involved in the program.
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October 16, 2014
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