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Valley Vista, Vermont’s largest substance use disorder rehabilitation facility, will no longer take patients on methadone, an administrator said Thursday.The facility, which has locations in Bradford and Vergennes, will continue to serve current...

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In 2007, Vermont implemented a fee on drug companies that do business with the state.The fees, equal to 1.75% of a company’s yearly medication sales to state programs, help fund a variety of Vermont initiatives related to drug safety and substance use...

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Many Vermonters have insufficient or nonexistent access to dental care, and the state is losing dental providers, according to a new report released Thursday. The Vermont Oral Health Equity Landscape Report, published by the nonprofit Voices for...

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NORTHFIELD, Vt. — This semester, student journalists at The Guidon, Norwich University’s student newspaper, have wanted to publish news stories about a variety of topics: university events, features, film and TV criticism, profiles of campus...

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The University of Vermont Health Network plans to make a series of service cuts at medical facilities across the state, eliminating or trimming services in multiple areas. The network announced plans to eliminate the transplant department at UVM...

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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.The University of Vermont Health Network subsidiary was the lead...

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The University of Vermont Medical Center will appeal orders from the Green Mountain Care Board limiting its revenue and prices for the next 12 months, the hospital announced Tuesday.Vermont’s largest hospital is seeking to overturn two orders from the...

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ORANGE COUNTY — Prominently displayed on the campaign website for Larry Hart, an Orange County Republican candidate for Vermont Senate, is an endorsement from an unnamed community member: “nice guy, reasonable and calm.”It’s a distillation of the...

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The president of Norwich University said Monday that the university would allow its suspended student newspaper, The Guidon, to resume publishing but still with an unspecified level of oversight.It’s not clear when exactly the paper, which has been...

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The University of Vermont Medical Center announced that it would pause construction on a $130 million outpatient surgery center in South Burlington, blaming the decision on recent orders from a health care regulator.The nearly 94,000 square foot...

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Two Medicare Advantage plans will cease operations in Vermont in January, leaving several thousand covered residents in the state in need of new coverage by the beginning of 2025. The two plans, operated by MVP and WellCare, a subsidiary of health...

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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.If fully...

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In May, amid pro-Palestinian protests on the University of Vermont’s campus, university administrators suspended a student activist group on what was supposed to be a temporary basis.Four months later, the temporary suspension of the group, UVM’s...

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In 2018, the state of Vermont released a plan outlining how it should prepare for natural disasters.The State Hazard Mitigation Plan lays out 24 strategies, separated into 96 discrete actions, to address risk factors for natural disasters. Those...

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More Vermonters are enrolled in the University of Vermont’s incoming first-year class this year, bucking — for the second year in a row — a slow decline in in-state enrollment.UVM administrators said the incoming class of 2028 is projected to include...

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The Green Mountain Care Board signed off on a University of Vermont Medical Center proposal to build a South Burlington outpatient surgical center, clearing the way for construction of a nearly $130 million project. But the 3-2 decision by the board,...

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BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont is seeking to raise health insurance premiums by an additional 4.3% next year, further increasing a request for already near-record-high rate hikes.The proposed increase would increase premiums for individual BlueCross...

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Federal officials have selected Vermont as one of three states to participate in the AHEAD program, a new health care reform initiative, the state announced Tuesday. It’s not exactly clear what the initiative would entail for Vermont, as the state and...

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More Vermonters should have access to free or discounted health care at hospitals and other large health care facilities under a law that went into effect Monday.Because they are nonprofit entities, Vermont’s hospitals have long been required by...

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Bruce Hamory, a medical doctor and consultant with the firm Oliver Wyman, had one key message for state officials on Wednesday: Vermont’s health care system needs to change, and quickly.“The needs for structural reform of the Vermont health care...