House Committee on Health Care (Room 45)

Thursday, January 25, 2018

9:00 AM

Accountable Care Organizations

9:00 AM--Noon

• Victoria Loner, Chief Operating Officer, OneCare Vermont
• Michael Costa, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
• Alicia Cooper, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
• Ena Backus, Chief of Health Regulatory Policy, Green Mountain Care Board
• Pat Jones, Health Policy Project Director, Green Mountain Care Board

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

FLOOR

2:00 PM

S.19 - An act relating to allowing silver-level nonqualified health benefit plans to be offered outside the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange

Cost-Sharing Reduction proposal. Committee discussion and possible vote.
Other witnesses TBA

• Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
• Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Adaline Strumolo, Health Care Director, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
• Susan Gretkowski, Senior Government Affairs Strategist, MVP Healthcare
• Agatha Kessler, Health Policy Director, Green Mountain Care Board

2:30 PM

Reports Repeal Bill

• Representative Benjamin Jickling
• Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

3:00 PM

Climate Change and Health Care

Vt. Dept. of Health Report: "Climate Change and Health in Vermont"--presentation and Committee discussion

• Jared Ulmer, Climate & Health Program Coordinator, Vermont Department of Health

4:00 PM

Medicaid Acupuncture Pilot Project

Report

• Robert Davis, Acupuncture Vermont