Valley Health Connections partners with North Star Health and Springfield Hospital to help patients fill out and process financial assistance applications to discount their medical bills regardless of income. If you have medical bills at other facilities we are more than happy to help with those as well.

We help with the enrollment and management of Patient Assistance Pharmaceutical Programs to help patients gain access to free medications. Vouchers are also available to help with the cost of medications for a short period while we help to find a long term solution to affordability. Vouchers are limited and based on available grant funds.

Our staff are all Certified Application Counselors for Vermont Health Connect and are able to help Vermonters enroll into and understand insurance through Vermont’s Marketplace. We assist with VT Medicaid and other VT state programs like You First. Staff are also trained to enroll patients onto Medicare and help with the assistance programs that can help make Medicare more affordable.We can also help you complete applications for food stamps, fuel assistance and housing programs as well as other needed state programs.

State Health insurance assistance program (SHIP) - Our SHIP counselors are available to help empower and support Medicare or soon to be Medicare eligible citizens, or their loved ones make Medicare and Medicaid decisions.

Our classes, providing unbiased information, are ideal for anyone who will be signing up for Medicare in the near future.Classes include: How to enroll in Medicare, What financial assistance is available to help cover Medicare costs, How each part of Medicare—A, B, and C— works, The difference between Medicare Supplement plans and Advantage plans, The different enrollment periods of Medicare, How other insurance works with Medicare, Where to call for further assistance