Lawmakers consider bill that would weaken Green Mountain Care Board
VTDigger
Last year, the Green Mountain Care Board flexed a newfound muscle.
Bolstered by three recently appointed members, the health care regulator clashed with the UVM Health Network and trimmed the charge increases requested by multiple hospitals. The board ordered OneCare Vermont, a UVM Health Network subsidiary at the center of health care payment reform, to cap executives’ 2023 salaries, and issued a rare subpoena for information about how OneCare compensates its highest paid staff.
Now, a bill in Vermont’s Senate would substantially overhaul the Green Mountain Care Board, limiting its oversight powers and shifting some of its mandate to the state Agency of Human Services.