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VTDigger provides reporting on health care and public health in Vermont, including hospitals, insurance systems, human services and debates over health care policy and reform.
This section compiles coverage of medical systems, state oversight and public health decisions that affect individuals and communities statewide.
2 UVM Medical Center unions vote to authorize strike
The support staff and technical staff unions, which represent 3,300 members, announced the vote result Friday. But that doesn’t mean a strike will necessarily occur.
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital promotes its financial consultant to post of interim CEO
David Sanville’s appointment comes a year after the southeastern Vermont healthcare hub reported a multimillion-dollar deficit and the subsequent departures of two top executives.
Vermont Medicaid braces for new rules coming for nearly 50,000 Vermonters
It’s likely that most Vermonters on Medicaid will remain eligible for coverage once the rules start kicking in Oct. 1, but they will need to jump through more hoops to prove it.
UVM awarded record $38M to create ‘AI twin’ of sick patients
Researchers received the federal award to hone an artificial intelligence model designed to shorten patient stays in intensive care. The AI is designed to mimic patients and recommend treatments.
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Mental health urgent care center coming to Brattleboro
Health Care & Rehabilitation Services will receive $3.6 million from the Vermont Department of Mental Health to develop the center.
Grant funded initiative seeks sustainability for regional birthing services
“This grant gives us an important opportunity to take a regional approach to a challenge that no single organization can solve on its own,” said Brattleboro Memorial Hospital co-CEOs Dr. Elizabeth McLarney and Dr. Tony Blofson.
As pharmacies across Vermont close, North Star Health opens 3 new ones
The pharmacies take advantage of the health center’s federal designation that allows them to pay less for drugs, charge patients lower costs and still meet their bottom line.
The Upper Valley’s widening tick-borne disease problem
Researchers at Dartmouth have identified a critical link between alpha-gal syndrome — a tick-borne allergy — and potentially fatal anaphylactic reactions during blood transfusions for type O patients.
The challenge for Vermont hospitals: keep costs low, care accessible and their doors open
Hospitals say that recent regulatory orders will further destabilize an already precarious system. The regulator says it’s the push that facilities need to truly curb costs.
Southern Vermont healthcare provider to pay more than $390,000 over allegations it mishandled Medicaid funds
Health Care & Rehabilitation Services of Southeastern Vermont, which serves thousands of clients annually, will also adopt new policies as part of the settlement.
Hundreds of layoffs announced at the 2 largest healthcare networks Vermonters rely on
Dartmouth Health is cutting over 420 positions while University of Vermont Health lays off 199 staff.
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