It has been about three weeks since the Green Mountain Care Board’s (GMCB) consultant, Oliver Wyman (OW), issued its report on the restructuring of our health care system. 

On September 18 the final recommendations from Oliver Wyman, the management consulting firm hired by the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) to examine Vermont’s healthcare system, were made public.

University of Vermont Medical Center is temporarily pausing construction of its planned outpatient surgical center. This decision comes as the hospital works to meet the obligations of Green Mountain Care Board orders that significantly reduce its budget for the new fiscal year, which began this month. 

If im­ple­mented, the health­care re­struc­tur­ing plan set out by a con­sult­ing firm hired by the Green Moun­tain Care Board (GMCB), could mean rad­i­cal changes at North Coun­try Hos­pi­tal, and other smaller hos­pi­tals in the state.

This month, The Green Mountain Care Board released a 144-page report that was independently put together by Oliver Wyman, looking at recommendations on how to improve Vermont's hospital system to provide for a more access, affordability and equity.

Grace Cottage Hospital's new chief executive officer is pushing back against a conclusion in a state-ordered study of Vermont's hospitals that the rural hospital in Townshend is "at risk of closing their inpatient beds ..."

A report presented last week to the Green Mountain Care Board makes sweeping recommendations for restructuring Vermont’s health care systems and some communities and hospital leaders fear the loss of emergency rooms and inpatient beds, and the diminishing of other services.

Gov. Phil Scott spoke to what the state is doing to address Vermont’s mental health crisis during his weekly news conference on Wednesday.

A group of protestors set up outside of Vermont's Supreme Court building in Montpelier on Monday, as they said they are putting the healthcare system "on trial".

A "Once we get the written orders, then we will analyze them and figure out what the specific impacts will be," Mackin said.

A consultant is urging the state to make dramatic changes to its health care system, including repurposing inpatient units at four hospitals, consolidating services at others and reforming how and how much facilities are paid for care.

Reaction on Thursday to a mammoth report calling for a huge shakeup in Vermont health care, including closing or repurposing some smaller hospitals.

Some hospital administrators and elected officials reacted with dismay to a report this week that recommended a significant restructuring of hospitals across Vermont. 

It has been a busy and consequential time for our state’s non-profit hospitals. This VAHHS Update is full of stories to help bring you up to speed on what’s been happening in the health care policy space.

Vermont’s hospitals are in trouble. A new analysis found that the state’s hospitals would need as much as $3 billion in subsidies — from commercial insurance increases or taxpayers — to remain solvent over the next five years, if immediate steps aren’t taken.