Founded in 1991, Vermont Managed Care is a Physician Hospital Organization (PHO). It is a network of physicians and hospitals banded together within a geographic region to coordinate the delivery of healthcare services for a given population. The network receives a wide range of credentialing, data analysis, customer service, provider relations, and financial management services. It includes more than 2,700 primary as well as specialty care providers and over 10 hospitals in Vermont and New Hampshire, U.S. In addition, Vermont Managed Care has contractual arrangements with other hospitals and health care organizations in Vermont.