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Vermont Business Magazine - The Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA) yesterday identified OneCare Vermont as the successful bidder in its procurement seeking an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) to provide certain Medicaid services as part of the State of Vermont’s efforts to move away from the current fee-for-service payment system to one that pays doctors an
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin joined local, state and federal partners in front of the historic Bradley House on Wednesday to anno
Vermont Business Magazine - During the Senate-House negotiations Wednesday on legislation to combat the nation’s epidemic of opioid abuse, Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) urged lawmakers to pass legislation that provides real support for rural communities fighting this epidemic.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) has approved financing of $15.2 million to help Vermont commercial, agricultural and renewable energy economic developmen
Vermont Business Magazine - The Clean Water Fund Board is holding a 30-day public comment period on staff's proposed budget for next year's Clean Water Fund using an online survey. The Board will accept comments from June 30th until 4:30 pm on July 30th.
Vermont Business Magazine - Tax payers affected by vendor software issue receive reimbursement. Intuit is contributing $2.375 million, and H & R Block is contributing $44,000 in efforts to amend the inconvenience.
Vermont Business Magazine - Daniel P. Jantzen, Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer for Dartmouth-Hitchcock, has been named Chief Financial Officer for the health system, Dartmouth-Hitchcock CEO and President Dr. James N. Weinstein announced today.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin has appointed Michael Pieciak as the Commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation (DFR), replacing Susan Donegan whose last day on the job was June 30. Pieciak previously served as Deputy Commissioner of DFR’s Securities Division.
They claim the Public Service Board chooses utilities over customers
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health has confirmed the year's first case of human illness due to West Nile virus.
by Mike Faher/The Commons The state has lost a long-running battle over emergency planning at Vermont Yankee in Vernon. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on June 23 denied Vermont’s appeals of federal rulings that had allowed the shut-down plant’s emergency operations to shrink dramatically as of mid-April.
Vermont Business Magazine Overall, long term care costs across all care settings in Vermont, including home care, adult day services, assisted living and nursing facilities, are up from 2015. The current monthly average for a private nursing home room, for instance, is $8,897 ($106,764 per year), up 1.56 percent.