VAHHS Update

VAHHS Update, Hospital Updates, In the News news site and published in VAHHS Update VAHHS Update, Hospital Updates, In the News news site and published in VAHHS Update

Auditor finds state falls short on long-term care oversight

Vermont state regulators have been treating rule-breaking at residential care homes and assisted living residences with less urgency than is required for skilled nursing homes, according to a report released Wednesday by the Office of the State Auditor.

Read More
VAHHS Update, Hospital Updates, In the News news site and published in VAHHS Update VAHHS Update, Hospital Updates, In the News news site and published in VAHHS Update

Higher costs led to big hospital system losses in Vermont in 2022

As predicted, 2022 was a challenging fiscal year for Vermont’s 14 community hospitals, which as a group registered almost $62 million operating loss. Hospitals have said that those losses, already creating instability, will only deepen unless regulators change their oversight methods.

Read More
VAHHS Update, Hospital Updates, In the News news site and published in VAHHS Update VAHHS Update, Hospital Updates, In the News news site and published in VAHHS Update

Vt. regulators give UVM Health Network ‘flexibility’ on $18M mental health spending plan

Vermont’s mental health care system was under the microscope again Wednesday as state regulators unanimously voted to give the UVM Health Network greater flexibility on how it spends funds originally earmarked for adult inpatient psychiatric care.

Read More
VAHHS Update, Hospital Updates, In the News news site and published in VAHHS Update VAHHS Update, Hospital Updates, In the News news site and published in VAHHS Update

Hospital heads, Peter Welch discuss rural health care challenges

The CEOs of two northern Vermont hospitals spoke soberly with U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and federal and state administrators Friday morning about their concerns for the future at a roundtable discussion that also celebrated the awards of two long-term, low-interest federal loans.

Read More
VAHHS Update, Hospital Updates, In the News news site and published in VAHHS Update VAHHS Update, Hospital Updates, In the News news site and published in VAHHS Update

Get paid to enroll in college? Yes, it's for real at some community colleges

Elizabeth Smith, a stay-at-home mom of six in southern Vermont, recently re-enrolled in school when the Community College of Vermont made an offer she couldn't refuse: $3,500 a semester deposited in her bank account, no strings attached.

Read More
VAHHS Update, Hospital Updates, In the News news site and published in VAHHS Update VAHHS Update, Hospital Updates, In the News news site and published in VAHHS Update

UVM senior medical students’ futures revealed at Match Day March 17

The University of Vermont’s graduating medical students are among a record-breaking 43,000* future physicians participating in the National Resident Matching Program’s (NRMP) 2023 Main Residency Match, the results of which will be revealed on Match Day on Friday, March 17.

Read More
VAHHS Update, Hospital Updates, In the News news site and published in VAHHS Update VAHHS Update, Hospital Updates, In the News news site and published in VAHHS Update

Vermont Senate gives initial approval to abortion ‘omnibus’ bill seeking to protect reproductive health care

In a preliminary vote on Thursday, the Vermont Senate advanced a sweeping bill that seeks to further strengthen the state’s existing protections to reproductive health care access, including abortion and gender-affirming care.

Read More