Join Andrew as he sits down with Tom Dee and Michael Del Trecco to discuss the latest updates and insights about the healthcare system in Southwest Vermont.

The fate of the St. Albans dialysis clinic is up in the air.

In November, the University of Vermont Health Network announced cuts to a broad range of patient services. There's a growing consensus that Vermont needs to make major changes to how people get health care in the state, as Vermonters pay among the very highest prices for health care in the country.

Law enforcement in Windham County have reported at least three cases involving assaults and threats against medical staff in southern Vermont Hospitals.

A Vermont woman will face a judge in the new year after allegedly assaulting a hospital security guard.

Grace Cottage Hospital was put under lockdown after a nurse was assaulted and property was damaged by a patient Wednesday morning. 

About 20 percent of Americans live in rural areas, but only 9 percent of physicians practice medicine there, leaving many rural residents desperate for health care.

More than three dozen Vermont lawmakers joined health workers Tuesday to raise concerns about $122 million in cuts by the state’s largest health care provider in response to a budget feud with state regulators.

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.

Your health care could get a checkup as open enrollment opens.

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.