New practices:
Please join us in welcoming Rocky Mountain Family Practice to our network. Established in 1995 to serve the Longmont community, this independent practice is comprised of six providers and has broad experience with value-based contracts. We are excited to work with them going forward. Welcome, team!
Network support:
Jessica Bailey
Jessica Bailey joined UCHealth Coordinated Care Colorado as a population health coordinator in June 2021. She earned her Bachelor of Science in public health from the University of Arizona in May. Prior to transitioning to C3, she spent over 3 years with UCHealth Patient Line, working primarily with UCHealth Medical Group clinics, and she also interned with C3 doing patient outreach and quality work before graduating. She plans to obtain a master’s degree in public health in the future. Outside of work, Jessica enjoys hiking, cooking and traveling.
Dawn Jachter
Dawn Jachter moved to Colorado from New Mexico about 5 years ago with 20+ years of health care experience. She has worked in corrections, women’s care, general surgery and the operating room, to name a few areas of specialty. Dawn taught a medical assisting program for many years as well.
Dawn joined UCHealth in October 2016 as a care coordinator on the newly formed care management team. There, she learned about the benefits of value-based care through the group’s participation in CPC+ and was able to participate in quality improvement focus groups. As a result, Dawn helped develop workflows to support individual practices with decreasing ED utilization, providing support to patients during transitions of care, and building lasting relationships through longitudinal care management. Dawn likes to spend her free time with her adult son, two Frenchie puppies and lots and lots of crafting. She also enjoys travel and road trips with loud music.
Noel Mason
Noel Mason has been with UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital (PVH) for more than 18 years, with over 10 years in care management and 5 years in workers’ compensation. Prior to care management, she worked bedside in the neuroscience unit at PVH. Noel was raised in Loveland, Colorado after her family moved there in 1980 from Southern California. She earned her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Regis University. Prior to joining UCHealth Coordinated Care Colorado, she worked for UCHealth Medical Group for 3½ years, where she provided care management support for many of the clinics in northern Colorado. Noel’s goal is to obtain her CCM by the end of 2022. In her free time, Noel enjoys being with her family, friends and 3 dogs. She enjoys traveling, reading, shopping and gardening.
Valerie Valdiviez
Valerie Valdiviez hails from Nebraska, where she graduated from Creighton University. She is residency-trained and a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist who brings a broad history of experience in ambulatory pharmacy settings. She has spent time working in both primary care and specialty clinics. Valerie worked at the Veterans Affairs ambulatory care clinics in Tucson, Arizona, and at an FQHC in Phoenix, Arizona before moving to Colorado, where she joined UCHealth Medical Group. For the past three years she has worked in the northern Colorado region, improving population health medication metrics for our patients. Valerie lives in Fort Collins with her husband, two children and her dog. In her limited free time, she likes to bake, read and enjoy the outdoors.