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Rand report shows that UVM Medical Center is the most expensive Vermont hospital
The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Care at UVM Medical Center is pricey, compared to both other hospitals in the state and nationwide. The...
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First wave of vaccination includes ski patrol, law enforcement, firefighters
Heaven’s Gate chairlift at Sugarbush Resort. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger Ski patrollers count as health care workers. That’s the message from state officials after residents have voiced outrage...
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Rutland Mental Health lands $600,000 for pilot program for young people
Rutland Mental Health Services will have a major role in a $600,000 pilot project to improve mental health services for young people. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger RUTLAND — Health care providers hope...
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Federal vaccine rules are up in the air, but some Vermont hospitals keep...
As the first deadline for the federal vaccine mandate passes, some Vermont hospitals said they will continue to require coronavirus vaccinations of their employees. At least one hospital opted to...
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Vermont hospitals take a DIY approach to the housing crisis
Construction is scheduled to begin later this month on 61 apartments for University of Vermont Medical Center employees. Photos by Mike Dougherty and Glenn Russell/VTDigger When Northeastern Vermont...
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Rutland Regional hospital projects $7.6 million operating loss due to Covid-19
Rutland Regional Medical Center. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Vermont is at the tail end of its most potent Covid-19 wave to date, but the pandemic’s financial implications continue to...
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Vermont hospitals, struggling to make ends meet, want to raise their service...
The Miller Building at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington on June 6, 2019. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Two major Vermont health care providers have asked state regulators...
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State board keeps Rutland hospital waiting on its proposed price hike
Rutland Regional Medical Center is Vermont's second-biggest hospital. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger A controversial proposal from Vermont’s second-largest hospital is in limbo, after regulators this...
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Smaller Vermont hospitals forgo requests for service rate hikes
Rutland Regional Medical Center. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Despite ballooning inflation and health care personnel costs, executives from Vermont’s smaller hospitals say they plan to keep...
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Vermont’s richest hospitals are seeking higher charges. The state’s poorest...
Rutland Regional Hospital, left, and The University of Vermont Medical Center. Photos by Emma Cotton and Glenn Russell/VTDigger The pandemic’s inflation and ballooning staffing costs have affected...
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Health insurance price hikes could have a huge impact on Vermont small...
Lake Champlain Chocolates in its 15,000-square-foot space in Williston in November 2019. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Kevin Cheney’s events and crowd-control company is beginning to rebound...
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Regulators reject Rutland hospital’s request for higher service charges
Rutland Regional Medical Center. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger State regulators said no on Wednesday to a hefty increase in service charges at Rutland Regional Medical Center. On a 4-1 vote,...
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Rutland Hospital is short $7.6 million this year, and its request for higher...
Rutland Regional Medical Center. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger Earlier this week, state regulators ordered Vermont’s second-largest hospital to cover a projected multimillion-dollar deficit without...
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Senate grafts costly prescription drugs amendment onto House pharmacy bill
A last-minute addition to a House bill to help Vermont’s independent pharmacies would grant UVM Health Network an effective regional monopoly on cancer medications and other specialty drugs. Insurers...
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State’s 2nd-largest hospital reopens Covid unit amid increase in...
Rutland Regional Medical Center. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger Updated at 3:05 p.m. Vermont’s second-largest hospital reopened its coronavirus unit late last week to accommodate a growing number of...
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‘Constantly weighing the risk’: Emergency room nurses contend with rising...
Rutland Regional Medical Center. File photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger Myla Lindroos was at the end of her shift Saturday night when a patient tackled her and kicked her in the stomach, she said....
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2nd-largest hospital in Vermont asks regulators for double-digit increase in...
Rutland Regional Medical Center. File photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger Days after the largest hospital operator in Vermont asked regulators for hefty budget increases, Rutland Regional Medical Center is...
View ArticleMost Vermont hospitals enter this year’s budget season in the red
Vermont’s hospitals emerged from the latest coronavirus surge in a much weaker financial position than before the pandemic, their filings with state regulators show. Most hospitals — including the...
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On his ‘first day,’ U.S. Sen. Peter Welch talks opioid crisis in Rutland
U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, left, and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, right, listen as Rutland City Police Chief Brian Kilcullen, foreground, speaks at a roundtable...
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Several Vermont hospitals loosen masking restrictions for patients and staff
The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Patients and employees at University of Vermont Health Network’s three Vermont hospitals will no longer be...
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After armed altercation, Castleton man shot and killed by Fair Haven detective
Detective Shaun Hewitt. Provided by Vermont State Police. Updated at 5:44 p.m. A Fair Haven police officer shot and killed a 38-year-old man from Castleton on Monday night, according to Vermont State...
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New leader is well known at Rutland Regional Medical Center
Rutland Regional Medical Center, the largest community hospital in Vermont, announced on Friday that its board of directors named Judi Fox as president and CEO. Rutland Regional Medical Center...
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2 of every 3 beds empty as state psychiatric hospital tackles doctor...
The Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital in Berlin on Tuesday. Photo by Natalie Williams/VTDigger The Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital in Berlin stopped admitting new patients during parts of June and...
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Regulators cut requested increase of UVM Medical Center charges to a fraction...
The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont’s hospital regulators spoke with one voice Wednesday morning when all four voting members of the Green...
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After long delay, trial to start for ex-child care provider charged in...
Stacey Vaillancourt of Rutland is brought in to Rutland criminal court for her arraignment after being charged with manslaughter and cruelty to a child arising from the death of 6-month-old Harper...
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Former child care provider gets 3-10 years in prison for fatally medicating...
Stacey Vaillancourt being ushered out of a Rutland County courtroom by a sheriff’s deputy on Tuesday, March 12, after she was sentenced to prison time for causing the death of a child in her care in...
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Green Mountain Care Board trims hospital requests for increases to 2025...
A key Vermont health care regulator reduced hospital budgets by millions of dollars for the 2025 fiscal year, setting out financial guardrails for how the facilities can operate over the next 12...
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Prosecutor says suspects in Rutland murder case may have been targeting...
Dylin Wainscott, left, and Precious Okorie appear virtually during their respective arraignments on Monday, Nov. 18. ScreenshotTwo Massachusetts men pleaded not guilty Monday afternoon to charges in...
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Vermont lawmakers look to make building health care facilities easier
The women’s and children’s unit at Rutland Regional Medical Center. Administrators are planning to combine this unit with the hospital’s birthing center, which is separated from it by a hallway....
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Tom Huebner, health care ‘hero,’ dies at 71
Tom Huebner on Feb. 14, 2018. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDiggerTom Huebner, who died Wednesday at Massachusetts General Hospital at age 71 following a brief illness, served many roles across...
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