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.
These actions will have both an immediate and long-term impact on patients served in the region and, based on current information, will ultimately result in a workforce reduction estimated to be as many as 200 people who currently serve the health care system, including both employed staff and temporary/travel staff. Changes will take place both immediately and over the next several months.
Patients will be informed when the timelines and care transitions for impacted services are clear.
Among other adjustments, the plan states that: The University of Vermont Medical Center will be reducing the number of patients staying overnight, which will result in approximately 50 fewer overnight patients each day – a nearly 12% reduction; the hospital will end its management of dialysis clinics in St. Albans, Rutland and Newport. This change will impact approximately 115 patients; and Central Vermont Medical Center will merge its Family Medicine main campus and Mad River sites, as well as its Mad River and Barre Rehab clinics, with providers and staff moving to already existing locations in relatively close proximity, in order to open space on the hospital’s main campus for needed specialty care.