Vermont hospitals’ proposed 2024 budget increases vary widely
VTDigger
Nearly all of Vermont’s hospitals are seeking double-digit percentage increases in income from patient services for 2024 over 2022, setting the stage for a likely battle with health care regulators.
Hospital representatives and patient advocates told the Green Mountain Care Board on Wednesday that its budget decisions this year would have a profound impact on both groups.
For members of the state board, those are refrains heard regularly at the outset of its annual public review of revenue, expenses and healthcare prices for Vermont’s 14 non-federal hospitals. This year, as in the past two years, it is certainly true.