Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

(d) vpqhc started a statewide telepsychiatry network. (e) vpqhc works on hospital health disparities. (f) vpqhc supports quality improvement activities that improve the clinical and improvement activities that enhance the quality of health care services rendered in Vermont. Quality and performance of all critical access hospitals. (g) vpqhc administers the patient safety surveillance improvement system and facilitates root cause analysis, corrective actions plans and aggregates public reporting for serious reportable patient safety events for the state of Vermont. (h) vpqhc supports the Vermont department of corrections to provide quality improvement activities. (i) vpqhc trains providers in hospital emergency departments in trauma responsive care. (j) vpqhc managed the eastern us quality improvement collaborative (eqic) to deliver services for the centers for medicare and medicaid services' hospital quality improvement contract to further advance the quality and safety of healthcare provided in hospitals in Vermont. (k) vpqhc coordinates and oversees the crisis counseling assistance and training program (ccp) providers in the community who are contracted with the state. (l) vpqhc provides quality improvement and facilitation support to a designated agency. (m) vpqhc provides suicide prevention training to mental health clinicians. (n) vpqhc supports the implementation and facilitation of a learning collaborative and related technical assistance activities aimed at advancing healthcare transformation for Vermont hospitals and primary care providers. (o) vpqhc operates the sexual assault nurse examiner (sane) care collaborative & innovation network. (p) vpqhc underwent a comprehensive strategic planning process, enabling vpqhc to assess its current capacity and readiness to advance suicide care initiatives within Vermont's healthcare settings. (q) vpqhc operates a range of suicide care initiatives. Vpqhc implements planning, training and technical assistance focused on suicide prevention as part of Vermont's centers for disease control and prevention comprehensive suicide prevention grant. Vpqhc implements zero suicide, manages a quality improvement project, delivers evidence-based practice training, and partakes in the creation of the center of excellence in alignment with the state strategic plan for suicide prevention. Vpqhc manages the suicide prevention in the emergency department (sped) project. Vpqhc assists state and community programs and partners to better support and follow-up with people who have experienced suicide loss. (r) vpqhc assists hospitals in enhancing food insecurity screening practices by conducting a literature review, developing a survey, analyzing findings, and providing site-specific recommendations and technical assistance.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 75.1%; rating input score 75
• Program expense ratio: 78.2%; rating input score 78
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 4%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.56; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6.3%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings