130 Fisher Road
Berlin, VT 05602-9516
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
If your insurance carrier is not listed below, please call Patient Financial Services at 802-371-4600 option #1 then option #2.
Please Note: The below is a list of insurers contracted with Central Vermont Medical Center, but it does not guarantee participation of your specific insurance plan or coverage of your planned service (i.e. medical, dental, behavioral health, etc.). Although some exclusions may be called out below, this list does not fully capture covered lines of business (i.e. Commercial, Medicare Advantage, Managed Medicaid) or products. Please contact your insurer to determine your unique benefit coverage.
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont (BCBSVT) / FEP / CBA
- Capital District Physicians' Health Plan (CDPHP)
- Capital District Physicians' Healthcare Network (CDPHN)
- CHAMPVA
- Cigna / Great West
- Coventry Health Care/First Health
- Evernorth (formerly Cigna Behavioral Health)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (excludes NH Health Benefit Exchange, Medicare Advantage, and Managed Medicaid)
- Medicaid (VT)*
- Medicare*
- MVP
- The Vermont Health Plan (TVHP)
- TriCare for Life – Skilled Nursing Facility
- TriCare Humana Military (excludes Humana Behavioral Health)
- TriCare Martin's Point Health Care (excludes Behavioral Health)
- United Behavioral Health/Optum
- United HealthCare
- United HealthCare – The Empire Plan
- Vermont Blue Advantage
- Veteran's Administration Community Care Network (VA CCN) (United HealthCare)
- Workers' Comp (VT)
*Not every provider type is eligible to enroll with Government Payers. Please consult your provider’s office prior to visit for confirmation.
Last Updated: 5/3/23