111 Colchester Avenue
Main Campus, Smith 262
Burlington, VT 05401-1473
About Our Location
Palliative care specialists focus on improving quality of life through services that manage and ease disease symptoms. Palliative care services complement or support ongoing standard medical treatments. This is a key distinction between palliative care and hospice care.
Hospice care takes place toward the end of life when a patient chooses to stop disease-directed therapies and instead focus on their quality of life.
Our palliative care specialists focus on improving quality of life through services that manage and ease disease symptoms. Palliative care services complement or support ongoing standard medical treatments.
You may benefit from palliative care if you have a serious, chronic illness, such as:
- Any type of cancer
- Heart, lung, liver or kidney disease
- Neurological disorders, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, stroke or Alzheimer’s disease
To request a consultation, please tell your doctor or nurse that you would like to meet with the Palliative Care team.
A Team of Experts You Can Count On
Insurance Accepted
Please see below for all insurers contracted with University of Vermont Medical Center. Inclusion in this list does not guarantee participation of your specific insurance plan or coverage of your planned service. Please contact your insurer to determine your benefit coverage.
- Aetna
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield NH
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont (BCBSVT) / CBA (includes Dental)
- Capital District Physicians' Health Plan (CDPHP)
- Capital District Physicians' Healthcare Network (CDPHN)
- CHAMPVA
- Cigna / Great West (includes Dental)
- Cigna LifeSource
- Coventry Health Care/First Health
- Delta Dental
- EBPA
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (HMO only)
- Evernorth (formerly Cigna Behavioral Health)
- Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Fidelis (New York Quality Healthcare Corporation) (excludes Essential Plan and Exchange products)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (excludes NH Health Benefit Exchange, Medicare Advantage, and Managed Medicaid)
- MagnaCare
- Medicaid (VT and NY)* (VT Medicaid includes Dental)
- Medicare*
- MVP
- Optum Rx
- POMCO (must include POMCO Select Logo)
- St. Regis Mohawk Tribe (Medicare)
- The Vermont Health Plan (TVHP)
- TriCare Humana Military (excludes Humana Behavioral Health)
- TriCare Martin's Point Health Care (excludes Behavioral Health)
- United HealthCare – The Empire Plan
- United HealthCare (excludes United Behavioral Health)
- Vermont Blue Advantage
- Veteran's Administration Community Care Network (VA CCN) (United HealthCare)
- Workers' Comp (VT and NY)
- Zelis/Stratose
*Medicare — Not every provider type is eligible to enroll with Government Payers. Please consult your provider’s office prior to visit for confirmation.