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Last update: 5 hours agoHealth Policy (Montpelier): The House Health Care Committee advanced S.190, putting Vermont on track for reference-based pricing to start in FY 2027, with the Green Mountain Care Board allowed to use up to 3.5% of commercial net patient revenue system-wide (about $54.6M) for the individual/small-group and teachers’ plans. The same bill also changes how Critical Access Hospitals handle Medicare cost-sharing: instead of forcing charges down to a set multiple, CAHs must report charges above five times Medicare and notify patients. Mental Health Access: H.573, which would let physician assistants do the first certification for an emergency mental health exam, has stalled in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee. Workforce Boost: Federal funding is backing UVM Health’s new surgical technologist apprenticeship—an earn-while-you-learn pipeline meant to expand local training without pushing people into debt. Community Care Leadership: Lamoille Home Health & Hospice announced longtime executive director Kathy Demars will retire after 30+ years. National Context: A UVM study challenges a long-held idea about language and emotion, finding language is biased toward safety and survival.
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