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By ETHAN DEWITT

After two weeks of delay amid concerns over accountability, the Executive Council approved a partnership Wednesday between New Hampshire and Dartmouth Health to take over and operate the state’s mental health hospital in Hampstead.In a 4-1 vote, the...

By RICK GREEN

Proposed state legislation could end public school vaccination requirements, prohibit public water systems from fluoridating water and add work requirements for Medicaid recipients.Some health policy leaders are concerned about such measures...

By PETER D’AURIA

For the second year in a row, University of Vermont Health Network hospitals reported bringing in more money than they were supposed to.During hospitals’ 2024 fiscal year, which ended September 30, the University of Vermont Medical Center and Central...

By PETER D’AURIA

Earlier this year, a consultant issued a report recommending sweeping changes to the state’s health care system — proposals that ranged from building more housing to cutting certain services at specific hospitals. At a meeting of lawmakers and state...

HARTFORD — Health Care and Rehabilitation Services of Southwestern Vermont, or HRCS, will now provide drug test strips as well as overdose reversal medication at its Hartford regional office.The strips — which can be used to test for the presence of...

By PETER D’AURIA

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...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center and Valley Regional Hospital will be led by Dr. Matthew Foster, Dartmouth Health announced in a Monday news release.Foster began his role as the first permanent CEO and president of both hospitals Monday.The new...

By ETHAN DEWITT

The Executive Council tabled a proposal Wednesday to create a public-private partnership and allow Dartmouth Health to run the state’s Hampstead Hospital, after councilors argued they needed more time to review the contract.The proposal would allow...

By ETHAN DEWITT

New Hampshire’s Department of Health and Human Services is proposing a public-private partnership with Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital – a branch of the Dartmouth Health system – to take over the state’s Hampstead Hospital and Residential Treatment...

By AUDITI GUHA

Dozens of state legislators are calling on the University of Vermont Health Network to reconsider widespread cuts the health care provider has proposed.The lawmakers are seeking to “raise the voices” of the system’s most vulnerable patients, Sen....

By YARDAIN AMRON

Support staff at Morrisville’s Copley Hospital voted to unionize last Thursday. The formation, which came through a decisive 68-44 vote, joins together the hospital’s nearly 150 staff with its almost 100 nurses in the regional United Nurses and Allied...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — Service cuts the University of Vermont Health Network announced last week have the potential to affect health care delivery across the region, including in the Upper Valley.The changes Vermont’s largest hospital system announced last...

By HOWARD WEISS-TISMAN

A legislative advisory group that was asked to make recommendations about whether health care providers should be allowed to use psychedelics to improve mental health says Vermont is not ready to begin a statewide program.Lawmakers set up the...

By PETER D’AURIA

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...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

RANDOLPH — Victoria Davis has been a patient at the Sharon Health Center for more than 20 years, even choosing to drive about an hour from Piermont to Sharon to continue receiving care after she moved out of Vermont.On Nov. 7, Davis received a call...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Riverbend Community Mental Health is set to open a 12-bed facility in Concord, providing much-needed housing and on-site care for adults dealing with acute mental health challenges.Located at 278 Pleasant Street, the facility will offer 24/7 staffing,...

By ERIN PETENKO

The Vermont agency responsible for long-term care facilities has improved its inspection process, a year after the state auditor’s office published a report that uncovered multiple failures.State Auditor Doug Hoffer released a follow-up report Tuesday...

By ELODIE REED

White River Valley community members will discuss the future of their health care access next Tuesday.That’s after a recent state-commissioned report recommended major reductions in service at four small Vermont hospitals, including Gifford Medical...

BURLINGTON — A New Hampshire doctor who ran a chain of now-shuttered addiction treatment clinics in the Twin States, including one in Grantham, pleaded guilty to conspiring to unlawfully distribute drugs in federal court in Burlington on Monday.Adnan...

By PETER D'AURIA

Last month, a consultant released a sweeping report that recommended big changes for Vermont’s health care system, including “major restructuring” at four community hospitals.The 144-page state-commissioned document lays out in detail a series of...