Vermont Business Magazine Monday marked the beginning of health care delivery to Vermont and New Hampshire veterans under the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) contract awarded to Optum Public Sector Solutions, Inc.
“The new Community Care Network (CCN) contract awards reflect our ongoing commitment to increasing Veterans access to care,” said VA Secretary Robert L. Wilkie, “and were designed based on feedback from Veterans and other stakeholders.”
“We are confident it will greatly improve care coordination for local Veterans here in the twin states and will also improve the timeliness of payments to our local community providers,” said Dr. Brett Rush, White River Junction VA Medical Center’s Executive Director.
VA’s new community care network is made up of six regions. Region 1 includes Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina. VA is deploying this new network in phases to ensure continuity of care coordination. Veterans will continue to receive care from their current community providers during the transition.
The new network serves as the direct link between VA and local health care providers providing a standard contract vehicle for VA to purchase care. Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group, will manage the network in Vermont and will also process claims for payment to local providers on behalf of VA.
Source: WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vermont — VA 7.29.2019