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Green Mountain Care Board Chair Owen Foster said the financial situation for the Lamoille County hospital was dire enough to warrant a rare mid-year price increase.
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Several of the largest hospitals in the region say their emergency rooms are very busy, and patients should expect longer-than-usual wait times for non-life-threatening conditions.
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Around the country, health care workers continue to grapple with their industry's massive carbon footprint. In Pittsburgh, doctors formed Clinicians for Climate Action to address the problem.
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Health insurance premiums for Blue Cross Blue Shield and MVP Health Care will spike next year, and Vermont's hospitals are asking for significant budget increases in 2024.
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Vermont's 14 hospitals were supposed to keep their two-year growth to 8.6%, but the most recent budget proposals far exceed that target.
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The Red Cross urges Vermonters to donate throughout the summer, a time that people generally donate the least. In Vermont, 560 people every week need to donate blood to meet demand.
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Georgia is the latest state to enact a law that allows hospitals to create independent police forces. Critics worry the law enforcement focus could have unintended consequences.
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Masking is now largely up to the individual at a handful of local hospitals, although some still require people with flu-like symptoms to mask up. Meanwhile, pandemic-era visitor restrictions are also loosening.
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A new president and CEO takes over the helm of Vermont’s largest health network at a time of rising costs and operating deficits.
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A group of doctors trains health care providers to treat miscarriage in the emergency department. This could be increasingly important in states where abortion is outlawed.