Vicki Loner, RN, MHCDS, has joined Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice (CVHHH) as Chief Quality & Value Officer (CQVO). Working in collaboration with CVHHH’s Leadership team and with the Quality Care & Clinical Education staff, Loner will play a key role in advancing healthcare quality initiatives and delivery across the agency.
Loner is a healthcare executive with more than 20 years of experience implementing value-based care across Medicaid, Medicare, and Accountable Care Organizations (ACO). A registered nurse by training, her leadership is grounded in early clinical practice across hospital, long-term care, and case management settings. Most recently, she served as Market President for Arkos Health, launching and scaling Medicare Advantage population health operations in Vermont.
She served as Deputy Commissioner of Health Services and Managed Care for the State of Vermont, overseeing Medicaid managed care, clinical programs, and a $1B budget, and later as President and CEO of OneCare Vermont, leading the statewide all-payer ACO. As a Principal at Health Management Associates, she supported Medicaid agencies, independent practices, and FQHCs with value-based care strategy and ACO development.
As CQVO, Loner will partner with teams across CVHHH to drive high-quality care delivery and strong patient outcomes, ensure regulatory compliance, and support consistent quality ratings and financial sustainability. Her deep, comprehensive knowledge of the Vermont healthcare landscape in combination with a commitment to value-based care, a strong business mindset, and clinical expertise will be a great benefit to CVHHH and Central Vermonters. Throughout her career, Loner has demonstrated alignment with the goals of healthcare reform – delivering the right care to Vermonters in the right place, at the right time – as she has embraced innovation and technology to expand Vermonters’ access to care – which aligns with CVHHH’s mission and strategic initiatives.
“Joining CVHHH means doing the work I love inside a mission-driven organization that treats quality as a daily practice, not a policy on a shelf,” says Loner. “ Leading alongside people who show up that way, for the Vermont communities we serve, is a privilege, and I’m thrilled to be back to my clinical roots.”
In addition to her nursing degree, Loner holds a bachelor’s degree in health and health care administration/management from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and a master’s degree in health care delivery science from Dartmouth College.
