Vermont news and information

An official leading Vermont's push toward a single-payer healthcare system is calling efforts to coordinate electronic health records between providers "wicked hard."
FULL STORY »

It's on to the Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee for legislation that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients who request it.
FULL STORY »

HARTFORD, Conn.—One of Connecticut's largest hospitals could be the first hospital to join Ascension Health Care Network, a private equity-backed effort to launch a for-profit Catholic health system. St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, signed an exclusive letter of...
FULL STORY »

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin's administration on Thursday released a new accounting of what the state's universal healthcare system might cost, but left for later how it would be paid for.
FULL STORY »

The two big academic medical centers serving Vermont, often seen as rivals in the past, announced Friday they are joining forces with 13 other Vermont hospitals and health clinics to form a new accountable care organization — OneCare Vermont — to focus on efficiency and quality in...
FULL STORY »

BERLIN, Vt.—Vermont plans to break ground this week on a 25-bed psychiatric hospital in Berlin that will serve as a replacement for a state psychiatric hospital that was closed after sustaining damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. The state has fast-tracked plans to build the...
FULL STORY »

Residents at the Helen Porter Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Middlebury, Vt., who need to see a doctor are sometimes wheeled down the hall to a special room, where lights are turned down low and the doctor comes in via a television hookup with Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington.
FULL STORY »

Amid the ongoing drama over the survival and implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, state governors and lawmakers pursue initiatives that redraw the ground rules in healthcare. Most changes are intended to reduce the financial burden of healthcare and improve the quality...
FULL STORY »

Ten more states have submitted their plans to operate a state-based insurance exchange in 2014, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Monday, days after an extended deadline for states to apply for that calendar year.
FULL STORY »

The administration of Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed a contract with global information technology provider CGI to provide the computer and networking infrastructure that will support the state's new health insurance exchange.
FULL STORY »