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UVM Health Network to cut $122 million in jobs and patient services: Here's a breakdown

Top executives at the University of Vermont Health Network announced cuts to staff and services saying it was a response to orders from the Green Mountain Care Board that require them to reduce the budgets of UVM Medical Center and Central Vermont Medical Center, during a virtual press conference Thursday morning.

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UVM Health Network makes service cuts to meet budget reduction orders

University of Vermont Health Network is moving forward with reductions to administrative and clinical services to comply with Vermont state budget orders and enforcement actions issued by the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB), the health care regulator in Vermont.

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UVM Health Network announces sweeping cuts to programs, jobs

Dozens of employees will lose their jobs and several programs will end as part of $122 million in cuts announced Thursday by the UVM Health Network to stay afloat. It comes as the network and Vermont health regulators Thursday escalated their ongoing feud over cost containment and budgets.

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Message From the CEO

It’s been a busy and noisy last several weeks in health care. We’ve had federal, state and local elections on top of it all. We cannot ignore the stress we feel, and know our neighbors feel, in this moment. But what we can do is act. We can lean into things that represent progress.

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In Vermont, Where Almost Everyone Has Insurance, Many Can't Find or Afford Care

On a warm autumn morning, Roger Brown walked through a grove of towering trees whose sap fuels his maple syrup business. He was checking for damage after recent flooding. But these days, his workers' health worries him more than his trees'.

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Green Mountain Care Board denies funding request submitted by Brattleboro Memorial Hospital

In its Oct. 4 letter to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, the Green Mountain Care Board denied the hospital's rate increase request of 4.7 percent, instead authorizing a 3.4 percent increase, stating "Vermont is confronting a health care affordability crisis."

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Hospital association head calls on Care Board to retract health care report and apologize

The executive director of the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systemshas called on the Green Mountain Care Board to retract a report it commissioned on Vermont's health care system, acknowledge that "grossly inaccurate data underlies the hospital recommendations made," and apologize for the whole thing.

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Vermont hospitals say consultant's recommendations could create healthcare deserts

Hospital executives across Vermont are not pleased with a report on the state's health care system released by the Green Mountain Care Board last month, some seeing it as an existential threat based on faulty information.

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UVM Medical Center takes legal action in effort to prevent additional patient care cuts

On Monday, University of Vermont Medical Center filed a motion with the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) to delay a board order that penalizes the hospital for delivering necessary care to patients in fiscal year 2023.

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