VAHHS Update

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110 rural hospital and health system CEOs to know | 2024

Rural hospitals allow patients from remote areas to receive care without traveling long distances or sacrificing quality. The CEOs leading these necessary institutions take on a variety of responsibilities to ensure rural communities have access to top-tier healthcare.

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Cyberattack stymies thousands of Vermonters trying to get needed medications

A cyberattack is affecting the ability of hundreds of thousands of Vermonters to get medication. Around 200,000 Vermont Medicaid patients are running into issues getting their medications from pharmacies, and state leaders are working to try to remedy the situation.

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Legislative Update

A huge thank you to the House Health Care and House Human Services Committees and their chairs, Rep. Lori Houghton and Rep. Theresa Wood, for holding a joint hearing last week on the systemwide impact of patients who cannot get to the appropriate level of care due to a fragile post-acute and long term care system.

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Legislative Update

Once again, I am interrupting your regularly scheduled programming to write a love letter to Montpelier. Last week, the Valentine’s Day Phantom plastered the town with hearts. Just like the first snow of the year, it never loses its magic. Montpelier is everything from children getting a five-cent roll after school at Manghis Bread to running into a legislator while grabbing pizza, and I am so thankful to live and work here.

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Half of rural hospitals in the red, pressured by high Medicare Advantage enrollment

America's rural health safety net is feeling pressured, with half of all rural hospitals in the U.S. now in the red. And according to new research from Chartis, high enrollment of rural residents in Medicare Advantage plans could make the situation worse.

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Emergency departments in the region are slammed 'at a level we haven't seen before,' providers say

When Dr. Trey Dobson started practicing emergency medicine in Vermont 20 years ago, he might arrive in the morning to see one patient who came in overnight still waiting to be discharged to a skilled nursing facility or rehab center.

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