Vermont hospitals request historic budget hikes
Vermont Public
Vermont’s 14 hospitals have submitted their proposed budgets for next year.
And Mike Del Trecco, the president and CEO of the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, says there has never been a wider gap between what the state estimates the hospitals should be asking for, and what they say they need to survive in a post-pandemic landscape.
“Much of the world has soundly moved on from COVID-19, and rightfully so, but its impacts on our health care system are profound and will be felt for years to come,” Del Trecco said.
Vermont is the only state in the country that has a regulatory body, the Green Mountain Care Board, that approves hospital budgets.