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Vermont Business Magazine Howard Center announced its appointment of Simha Ravven, MD as Chief Medical Officer following a competitive national search. In this role, Dr. Ravven will direct psychiatric and clinical care services for the agency to ensure the delivery of high quality medical, nursing, and clinical care. Dr. Ravven succeeds current Chief Medical Officer Sandra Steingard, MD who has been with the agency for 25 years and has been a leader and a scholar in her field.
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Vermont Business Magazine Colorado-based Alterra Mountain Company which recently acquired Sugarbush in Vermont, today announced plans to invest $223 million in capital improvements across its 15 North American mountain destinations for the upcoming year, continuing the company’s commitment to enhancing the guest experience.
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by Don Turner While presidential candidates discuss Medicare-for-All and other proposed massive health care changes with multi-trillion-dollar price tags, Vermont has taken steps to reform its health care system without breaking the bank. Over the last three years, we’ve passed a prescription drug importation bill, designed to provide Vermonters with access to more affordable drug options; expanded state telemedicine and telehealth protections; and moved forward with transitioning from fee-for-service to quality-based compensation for health care.
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Vermont Business Magazine RCxRules, a leading provider of automated billing solutions for healthcare organizations' population health and revenue cycle operations based in South Burlington, announced today that it has earned Certified status for information security by HITRUST. HITRUST CSF Certified status demonstrates that RCxRules has met key regulations and industry-defined requirements and is appropriately managing risk.
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Vermont Business Magazine Green Mountain Power (GMP) announced today it is among Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in the World for the fourth year in a row, with the influential magazine highlighting GMP’s commitment to groundbreaking programs that reduce carbon emissions and costs for all customers. Other companies on the 2020 list include Snap, Shopify, Tesla, and Microsoft. GMP is the only utility honored in the top Ten for Energy category, landing at number three, up from five last year. GMP has made the list in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
UVM Medical Center Board of Trustees appoints four new members, Pat Donehower, RN, named board chair
Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Medical Center Board of Trustees has appointed four new members who will serve four-year terms – Deborah L. Winters, Owner of Firetech Sprinkler Corp.; Jesse Bridges, CEO of United Way of Northwest Vermont; Anne W. Doremus, managing partner at Hanson & Doremus Investment Management; and, Nadia A. Mitchell, Equity Initiatives Director at Champlain College
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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) loaned $660,476 to Vermont’s small businesses, early care & learning programs, affordable housing developers and community facilities in the fourth quarter of 2019, promoting job creation, expanding access to quality care, affordable homes and provision of vital community services throughout Vermont.
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Vermont Business Magazine The US Department of Labor's (US DOL) Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network (RETAIN) is a new program between US DOL and states to address the critical problem of work disability. Currently, there is no agency, organization, institution, or health care service or system in the US whose responsibility it is to prevent work disability.
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by John McClaughry Nine proposed constitutional amendments, some of them far reaching, have been introduced in the Vermont Senate. One in particular stands out as a mortal threat to fundamental Vermont principles. That is Proposal 9, with fifteen co-sponsors: “to provide that the citizens of the State have a right to a clean environment.” This new right would be added to the Vermont Declaration of Rights, our brilliant 18th Century charter of liberty that has never before been amended.
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Vermont Business Magazine Direct Design, a thirty-one-year-old full-service design, media, web production and digital marketing company, has announced their recent collaboration with Freedom Pharmacy to strategically expand their individualized medication business.
FreedomPharmacy has a simple mission to provide each customer with their own personalized medication management program. Freedom Pharmacy is committed to providing them with superior customer service and quality products and services to deliver individually packed, sorted and scheduled medications.
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The Vermont Health Department is closely monitoring the developments in the outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus ("COVID-19"). Vermont is prepared to respond to protect and support Vermonters. On the evening of March 7, 2020, health officials announced the first case of COVID-19 in Vermont. This Bennington County case is considered presumptive pending Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmation. We note that several schools in the state were closed today related to efforts to avoid spread of disease. The Health Department is working with the Agency of Education to provide public health guidance to schools and school districts.
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Vermont Business Magazine The owners of Lawson’s Finest Liquids today were named 2020 Vermont Small Business Persons of the Year. Sean and Karen Lawson are being recognized by the US Small Business Administration for Lawson’s Finest Liquids employment growth, success in the marketplace, company expansion and community involvement.