Accountable Care Organization - ACO

In 2016, the Green Mountain Care Board was given the authority to develop rules and standards to regulate Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) through Vermont’s Act 113: ‘An act relating to implementing an all-payer model and oversight of accountable care organizations.’ The GMCB has adopted Rule 5.000: Oversight of Accountable Care Organizations, which establishes standards and processes the GMCB will use to certify ACOs and annually review, modify, and approve their budgets, and mechanisms by whi