Randolph-area community members turned out Tuesday night to discuss the future of Gifford Medical Center. It comes as a new report in September said it was among hospitals in the state that are not financially sustainable.

The University of Vermont Health Network announced plans Thursday for a sprawling series of health service cuts at its facilities, reductions that could impact how and where patients across Vermont could receive medical care. 

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.

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.

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.

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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The Community Health Centers of Burlington recorded 165,000 patient visits last year, 35,000 more than five years ago. 

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."

OneCare Vermont, an accountable care organization aiming to reform how health care in Vermont is paid for, will shut down at the end of 2025, the organization announced Wednesday.

White River Valley community members will discuss the future of their health care access next Tuesday.

Gifford Health Care is committed to partnering with state officials to achieve health care transformation based on accurate and comprehensive data.

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.

A report mandated by the legislature to prevent rural hospital closures and bankruptcies has been called into question by several hospitals.

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.

In an effort to inspire the next generation of healthcare professionals, two local nonprofit organizations hosted a dynamic First Aid Field Day on Saturday. 

Last month, a consultant released a sweeping report that recommended big changes for Vermont’s health care system, including “major restructuring” at four community hospitals.

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.