Empty Arms is filling a gap in the Vermont system of care for pregnancy and infant loss, said a lawmaker who suffered a miscarriage in a State House bathroom.

The regulatory board voted to increase UVM Medical Center’s revenue cap to cover losses from operating dialysis centers in Newport, St. Albans and Rutland.

In a nutshell, Vermont is getting sicker and older and our current health care system is going broke.

Among these overdoses, cannabis, prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, and stimulants account for the most increase.

Vermont hospital payments for VSEA and VEHI members ultimately averaged 289% of Medicare rates during the study duration.

“This year, many Vermonters will be eligible for better coverage plans at lower premium costs due to increased federal subsidies,” the Health Department stated in an email presser sent out Monday.

Cuts include asking local hospitals to assume operation of money-losing kidney dialysis centers in Rutland, Newport and St. Albans.

The average premiums for the silver exchange plans are $985 for 2024. This constitutes a 108% increase in six years. It further notes a “60-80% increase in individual, small group plan premiums in the past 6 years.”

Although AI may improve short-term productivity and accessibility, it risks reducing the human element in care, UVM College of Medicine researchers say.

UVM Health Network has determined the need to reschedule certain elective procedures that use large amounts of IV and sterile irrigation fluid beginning this Friday.

At issue is a GMCB red flag that the hospital exceeded its approved patient revenue by $80 million.

NCH has over 220 days of cash on hand and is financially stable despite challenges, the hospital animal administrator said.

GMCB study would use NCH for mental health treatment only.

“Unless immediate decisive action is taken to transform Vermont’s health care system, it will be financially unsustainable by 2030,” a Green Mountain Care Board consultant predicts.

The Triple E has led to cancellation of a popular leaf-peeping season event.

State regulators have recently received reports of inappropriate activities occurring at IV therapy clinics/spas, including out-of-scope practice and unlicensed practice of medicine.

Despite highest private insurance rates in U.S., Vermont’s hospitals are losing money.

It states, “Unless immediate decisive action is taken to transform Vermont’s health care system, it will be financially unsustainable by 2030.”

Green Mountain Board’s Community Engagement Series may have predetermined ‘All-Payer’ outcome.

Both Vermont and NH infections have been traced to an international traveler.

The state’s largest hospital promises ‘safe, high-quality care’ during the planned five-day nursing strike.

When feeling unwell, the main options are primary care, urgent care, and the Emergency Department. Navigating these choices can feel challenging.

Vermont’s Medicaid pharmacy system has suffered the same cyberattack that struck much of New England.

Cases of a sometimes fatal lung disease normally found along the nation’s major lakes and rivers are being seen in north-central Vermont. Researchers don’t know why.

The clinic is billed as an alternative to going to hospital emergency rooms, where a crush of people in mental health crisis have overwhelmed staff and services, leading to ‘wait times’ of hours and in some cases days. 

Covid-era labor shortages and high demand for vaccines led to poor working conditions and medication/vaccination errors at Vermont’s largest drug store chain.

People who donate one kidney can continue to live healthy lives with their remaining kidney.

Rather than continue to treat ER patients on stretchers in hallways, the Newport hospital will convert an ambulance bay into four new patient rooms.

States are seeing an alarming surge in cases of congenital syphilis, a preventable infection that can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, newborn death — or lifelong complications such as blindness or deafness.

State health leaders encourage people to take responsibility for their health and that of their communities’.

“The purpose [of the bus] is to collect stories of vaccine injuries, deaths, and disabilities, as well as healthy unvaccinated stories. … We’ve had doctors, nurses, moms, daughters tell stories. They are all being featured on CHD.TV live and they’ll be cataloged there,” Stella said.