Vermont health coverage
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.
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.
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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.
Vermont’s largest hospital needs to further cut its revenue and spending next year
The annual budget orders come as UVM Medical Center works to rapidly address drastic drops in revenue and keep prices lower for Vermonters. Regulators were split over just how much change the hospital can absorb.
State regulators tell Brattleboro hospital to revise its proposed budget for further review
The Green Mountain Care Board is seeking more clarity on Brattleboro Memorial Hospital’s coming spending plan “given all the changes and some of the inconsistencies we’ve seen,” its chair said Monday.
More doctors are offering memberships for healthcare
“To be clear, this is a response to a payment system that doesn’t cover the work that practices are doing,” says the executive director of a statewide association of private practices.
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital commits to keeping birthing services
The Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Board of Directors affirmed its commitment on Thursday to continuing obstetric and birthing services, including the BMH Birthing Center.
Vermont awards first batch of $195 million in federal rural health funds
Rural workforce development and nursing homes receive the first round of $11.7 million in funds.
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