If you haven’t yet responded to the 2020 US Census, now’s the time: go to my2020census.gov. Responses to the 2020 Census shape decisions about how billions of dollars in federal funds flow into communities each year for the next 10 years for critical services. And Vermont is currently about 10 percentage…
by Devon Green
Vice President of Government Relations
Issue Brief: Fed and State Emergency Initiatives 4 24 20
Here’s something I never thought I’d say: the Vermont State House has gone fully virtual. What used to be crowded committee rooms and cafeteria conversations is now Zoom calls, YouTube,…
When I became chair of the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (VAHHS) Board of Trustees, I never imagined our health care system navigating a global pandemic. Across the country, people are suffering from COVID-19—both the illness itself and the economic and social consequences.
In…
Orleans County and Stanstead Quebec first responders cheered for healthcare workers at North Country Hospital and healthcare workers did the same back to them last Monday afternoon. Dozens of police cars and firetrucks paraded by the hospital with lights on from every corner of the county as doctors,…
Federal and state regulatory agencies continue to take measures to help health care providers and others respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
Read about the latest here.
Our friends and colleagues in New York City, New Orleans and other hot spots around the country are facing COVID-19 head on—very ill patients requiring intensive care, increasingly stressed facilities and equipment, shrinking supplies and, sadly, more deaths.
Here in Vermont, we too are experiencing…
Federal and state regulatory agencies continue to flex licensing and other requirements to help health care providers and others respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
Read about:
State and Federal emergency initiatives
State licensure Info sheet
Temporary licenses through OPR
Telehealth
Child…
To help with the mitigation of the spread of COVID-19, federal and state governments have passed a host of measures that waive certain standard regulations and guidelines that could make it harder for hospitals and other health care providers to fight the virus.
Read a summary here.
If you’ve ever wondered what the opposite of social distancing looks like, the Vermont State House is a good approximation. It has hundreds of people crammed together in very small rooms with very little air circulation. Normally, this is slightly uncomfortable, but the atmosphere shifted to a palpable…
Fewer than 10 days ago, COVID-19 wasn’t even a commonly known term, let alone one that dominated our media coverage and email inboxes.
Last week, we had our first patient in Vermont at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. Then we saw another at UVM Medical Center in Burlington. Meanwhile, the states…
If you haven’t yet responded to the 2020 US Census, now’s the time: go to my2020census.gov. Responses to the 2020 Census shape decisions about how billions of dollars in federal funds flow into communities each year for the next 10 years for critical services. And Vermont is currently about 10 percentage…
by Devon Green
Vice President of Government Relations
Issue Brief: Fed and State Emergency Initiatives 4 24 20
Here’s something I never thought I’d say: the Vermont State House has gone fully virtual. What used to be crowded committee rooms and cafeteria conversations is now Zoom calls, YouTube,…
When I became chair of the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (VAHHS) Board of Trustees, I never imagined our health care system navigating a global pandemic. Across the country, people are suffering from COVID-19—both the illness itself and the economic and social consequences.
In…
Orleans County and Stanstead Quebec first responders cheered for healthcare workers at North Country Hospital and healthcare workers did the same back to them last Monday afternoon. Dozens of police cars and firetrucks paraded by the hospital with lights on from every corner of the county as doctors,…
Federal and state regulatory agencies continue to take measures to help health care providers and others respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
Read about the latest here.
Our friends and colleagues in New York City, New Orleans and other hot spots around the country are facing COVID-19 head on—very ill patients requiring intensive care, increasingly stressed facilities and equipment, shrinking supplies and, sadly, more deaths.
Here in Vermont, we too are experiencing…
Federal and state regulatory agencies continue to flex licensing and other requirements to help health care providers and others respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
Read about:
State and Federal emergency initiatives
State licensure Info sheet
Temporary licenses through OPR
Telehealth
Child…
To help with the mitigation of the spread of COVID-19, federal and state governments have passed a host of measures that waive certain standard regulations and guidelines that could make it harder for hospitals and other health care providers to fight the virus.
Read a summary here.
If you’ve ever wondered what the opposite of social distancing looks like, the Vermont State House is a good approximation. It has hundreds of people crammed together in very small rooms with very little air circulation. Normally, this is slightly uncomfortable, but the atmosphere shifted to a palpable…
Fewer than 10 days ago, COVID-19 wasn’t even a commonly known term, let alone one that dominated our media coverage and email inboxes.
Last week, we had our first patient in Vermont at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. Then we saw another at UVM Medical Center in Burlington. Meanwhile, the states…
