Gifford Health Care uncovers inaccurate data in Oliver Wyman Report
Gifford Health Care is committed to partnering with state officials to achieve health care transformation based on accurate and comprehensive data.
“Gifford will continue to collaborate with our local and state partners to improve our health care system to ensure we’re here to serve Vermonters for generations to come,” said Gifford President and CEO Michael Costa. “For this work to succeed, it must be built on mutual trust, yet Gifford’s review of the recent Oliver Wyman report has raised serious concerns about the accuracy and future value of this data.”
The Oliver Wyman report, ordered under Act 167 by the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB), Vermont’s health care regulator, contains several significant errors in data used to make recommendations about the future of Gifford, according to the Randolph-based hospital.
Other hospitals in Vermont have also pushed-back on the results, including Grace Cottage in Townshend, the UVM Health Network (UVM Medical Center, Central Vermont Medical Center and Porter Medical Center in Middlebury), and the two northern-most hospitals North Country in Newport and Northeastern Vermont Regional in St Johnsbury. The latter two also said there were inaccuracies.