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  | Administration | Blueprint for Health Buprenorphine ProgramChronic Care InitiativeClinical |

Coordination of Benefits | Data & Reimbursement | Fiscal & Administrative Operations |Health Care Reform |

| Managed Care | Pharmacy | PolicyProgram Integrity |  Provider & Member RelationsQuality Improvement |


ADMINISTRATION 

 Phone: 802-879-5900    Fax: 802-879-5962

Mark Larson, Commissioner

Hunt Blair, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Reform Division

Lori Collins, Deputy Commissioner, Policy, Fiscal & Support Services Division

Victoria Loner, Deputy Commissioner, Health Services & Managed Care Division

Lindsey Tucker, Deputy Commissioner, Health Benefit Exchange Division

Michael Farber, Medical Director

Craig Jones, Director, Blueprint for Health 

Sarah Gregorek, Executive Staff Assistant

Darcy McPherson, Program Technician I

 

 BLUEPRINT FOR HEALTH     <back to top>

 Phone: 802-879-5900    Fax: 802-879-5651

Diane Hawkins, Executive Assistant

Pat Jones, Assistant Director

Terri Price, Administrative Support & Healthier Living Workshop Coordinator

Jenney Samuelson, Community/Self-Management Program Administrator

Beth Tanzman, Assistant Director

Lisa Dulsky Watkins, Assistant Director & Provider Practice & Health Systems Administrator

  

BUPRENORPHINE PROGRAM     <back to top>

Phone: 802-879-5900    Fax: 802-879-5651

  

CHRONIC CARE INITIATIVE     <back to top>

Phone: 802-879-5900     Fax: 802-879-5651

See the Chronic Care Initiative Team Map (rev. 11/14/11)

Heather Bollman, Nurse Case Manager - Caledonia, Essex & Orleans Counties

(Vacant), Nurse Case Manager - Bennington County

Christopher Chadwick, Medical Social Worker - Rutland County

Eileen Girling, Field Director, Vermont Chronic Care Initiative

Shelley Howrigan, Nurse Case Manager - Franklin County (St. Albans Office)

Patricia Kent, Nurse Case Manager - Rutland Office

Amy Kravetz, Medical Social Worker - St. Albans Office

Barbara Kruml, Nurse Case Manager - Rutland Office

Anastasia Mattsson, Nurse Case Manager - Addison & Rutland Counties

Ann Marie Miles, Medical Social Worker - Chittenden County (based in Williston/Burlington)

Mark Nash, Medical Social Worker - Franklin, Grand Isle & Lamoille Counties

Melody Neun, Medical Social Worker - Addison & Rutland Counties

Deborah Pinard, Senior Nurse Case Manager - Orange & Washington Counties

Susan Read-Smith, Nurse Case Manager - Windham and Windsor Counties

Monica Talbot, Palliative Care Nurse Case Manager

Margaret Tarmy, Nurse Case Manager - Chittenden County (Burlington Office)

Angie White, Nurse Case Manager - Franklin, Grand Isle & Lamoille Counties

Lou-Anne Wood, Nurse Case Manager - Franklin County (St. Albans Office)

  

CLINICAL     <back to top>

Phone: 802-879-5903    Fax: 802-879-5963

John Allard, Nurse Case Manager

  • Medical Supplies, Technology or Equipment

Kristin Allard, Nurse Case Manager

Daljit Clark, Clinical Operations Director

Ramona Godfrey, Nurse Case Manager

Jennifer Herwood, Clinical Utilization Review Data Analyst

Amy Lumsden, Nurse Case Manager

Bonnie Mazza, Program Technician I

Julie McDonald, Administrative Assistant A

        

COORDINATION OF BENEFITS (COB)     <back to top>

Phone: 802-879-5900     Fax: 802-879-5959

Debbie Austin, Coordination of Benefits Director

  • Casualty
  • Estate Recoveries
  • Health Insurance
  • Hospice 
  • Medicare Advocacy Project Contract
  • Medicare Benefits Coordination
  • Trusts/Annuities
  • ESI/CHAP-Premium Assistance Program 

Lisa Botala, Program Consultant

  • Annuities/Special Needs Trust
  • Casualty Recoveries
  • Hospice Drugs

Jennifer Boyden,Program Consultant

  • Estate Recoveries
  • Over Resource

Lisa Carpenter, Senior COB Specialist

  • COB Supervisor
  • Medicare Part D/Prescription Drug Program

Stacey Davis, COB Specialist

  • E.O.B.'s
  • Health Insurance Verification/Carrier Code Updates
  • OCC Reports
  • Outstanding A/R Recoveries
  • Third Party Billing Issues

Lori Fagnant, COB Specialist

  • End-of-Month Processing and Reporting
  • Health Insurance Recoveries
  • HIPPS
  • IV-D/Court-Ordered Medical Support Insurance Updates

Kristine Fortier, COB Specialist

  • ESI Team Member

Rey Garofano, COB Specialist

  • ESI Team Member

Melissa Guiles, Program Consultant

  • Medicare Part D/Prescription Drug Program Team Member

Samantha Haley, Program Consultant

  • ESI Team Member

Wendy Haskell, COB Specialist

  • ESI Team Member

Kathy Haskins, COB Specialist

  • Eligibility File Maintenance
  • Nursing Home Eligibility File Maintenance

Matthew Laudin, Program Consultant

  • Medicare Part D/Prescription Drug Program Team Member

Rachel Marshall, COB Specialist

Gary Sturgeon, COB Administrator

  • COB Supervisor
  • Medicaid Recoveries

Carolyn Sweet, Program Consultant

  • Medicare Part D/Prescription Drug Program Team Member

Carla Vecchione, COB Specialist

  • ESI Team Member

Nicole Weidman, Senior COB Specialist

  • COB Supervisor
  • ESI/CHAP-Premium Assistance Program

Jennifer Whalen, COB Specialist

  • ESI Team Member

Hope Williams, Program Technician I

 

DATA ANALYSIS & REIMBURSEMENT  <back to top>

Phone: 802-879-5900     Fax: 802-879-5651

Carolyn Anderson, Fiscal Analyst

Mary Andes, Data Analysis & Reimbursement Director

Brenda Metivier, Health Data Administrator

Jeffrey Ross, Data Director

Deborah Stempel, Medicaid Operations Administrator

Tim Tremblay, Medicaid Fiscal Analyst

Catherine West, Reimbursement Director

 

FISCAL & ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS <back to top>

Phone: 802-879-5900    Fax: 802-879-5961

Rolenda Corrow, Financial Specialist I

Jason Elledge, Grants Management Specialist

Justin Gingras, Financial Specialist III

Jill Gould, Financial Director I

Carrie Hathaway, Financial Director II

Sawyer Joecks, Grants Management Specialist

Kate Jones, Financial Manager II

Jim Morgan, Project Administrator

Suellen Squires, Administrative Secretary

Ray Stout, Medicaid Fiscal Analyst

Sile Torres, Information Technology Specialist II

  • Account Creation / Deletion Requests (Email, ACCESS, MMIS, OnDemand, Business Objects etc.)
  • Data Reconciliation
  • Password Reset Requests (MMIS)
  • DVHA Internal Website Administration
  • Vermont Notary Public, exp. 02/10/2015 

Mylinda Trombley, Financial Administrator III

Sarah Walcott, Financial Administrator III

  

HEALTH CARE REFORM     <back to top>

Phone: 802-879-5900     Fax: 802-879-5651

Terry Bequette, Associate State HIT Coordinator

Betsy Forrest, Health Care Affordability Director

Michelle Lavallee, Acute Care Chief

Joseph Liscinsky, IT Project Manager

Steve Maier, HCR/HIT Integration Manager

Richard Slusky, Payment Reform Director

 

MANAGED CARE OPERATIONS     <back to top>

  Phone: 802-879-5900     Fax: 802-879-5651

Kelly Gordon, Project and Operations Director

Michael McAdoo, Managed Care Director

 

PHARMACY     <back to top>

Phone: 802-879-5900     Fax: 802-879-5651

Stacey Baker, Health Programs Administrator

  • Pharmacy Issues Liaison

Jennifer Egelhof, Health Programs Administrator

Rebecca Hopko, Health Programs Administrator

Nancy Hogue, Pharmacy Director

  

POLICY     <back to top>

Phone: 802-879-5900     Fax: 802-879-5651

Stephanie Beck, Policy Director

Danielle Delong, Program Consultant

Russell Frank, Health Programs Administrator

Gregory Needle, Health Programs Administrator

Lorraine Siciliano, Legislative Liaison

Lindsey Wells, Health Programs Administrator

 

PROGRAM INTEGRITY <back to top>

Phone: 802-879-5900     Fax: 802-879-5651

Ron Clark, Program Integrity Director

Joyce Desany, Program and Operations Auditor

Kelly Kroupa, Nurse Case Manager

Kim LaFrance, Program & Operations Auditor

Alex McHenry, Fiscal Analyst

Leanne Miles, Operations Administrator

Joan Mongeon, Program & Operations Auditor

Thomas Scribner, Mental Health Programs & Operations Auditor

George Thabault, Program & Operations Auditor

Suzanne Webb, Program & Operations Auditor

 

 PROVIDER & MEMBER RELATIONS     <back to top>

 Phone: 802-879-5900     Fax: 802-879-5919

Bill Clark, Provider & Member Relations Director

  • Ambulance
  • Hospitals
  • Maximus (Member Services) Contract
  • Provider Enrollment

Diane Cota, Administrative Services Technician IV

  • Out-of-State/Out-of-Area Transportation Referrals

Alena Crnalic, Administrative Services Technician IV

  • Out-of-State/Out-of-Area Transportation Referrals

Clark Eaton, Provider Relations Specialist

  • Dentists
  • Medicaid Advisory Board (MAB)
  • Transportation Providers

Judy Jamieson, Provider Relations Specialist

  • Audiologists
  • Community Mental Health
  • Chiropractors
  • Durable Medical Equipment
  • Naturopaths
  • Opticians
  • Optometrists
  • Physical Therapists
  • School-Based Providers
  • Speech-Language Pathologists
  • Website Administration

Robert Larkin, Provider Relations Specialist

  • Physicians
  • Transportation Providers

Peter McNichol, Transportation Quality Control Chief

 

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT <back to top>

Phone: 802-879-5900     Fax: 802-879-5651

Kathleen Browne, CHIPRA Project Manager

Megan Mitchell, Behavioral Health Care Manager

Kyle Mooney, Health Programs Administrator

Cynthia Thomas, Quality Improvement Director