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by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Blue Cross Vermont CEO Don George sent a letter in mid-January to key healthcare stakeholders discussing the dire situation of Blue Cross Vermont in particular and the state's healthcare industry in general. On Wednesday, March 26, the Green Mountain Care Board will meet, and likely vote on, FY26 Hospital Budget Guidance.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Mental Health (DMH) is hosting its annual conference at the Killington Grand Resort Hotel on April 9, 2025. The event will feature workshops, presentations, and opportunities for mental health clinicians to earn continuing education credits.
Vermont Business Magazine A new study has revealed the states that spend the most money on healthcare, with Alaska topping the ranking. Alaska was highest in per person spending and very high as a percentage of income. Vermont ranked eighth in spending but was higher in percentage, as of course different states have different income levels.
Vermont Business Magazine April is Sexual Assault Awareness (SAAM) month, and The Safety Team, a Vermont-based nonprofit provider of comprehensive violence prevention and trauma recovery programs, is dedicated to raising awareness on risk reduction and empowered healing for all those at risk.
Vermont Business Magazine Creativity and community will be in high fashion this April, when dozens of oncology and infusion nurses and some cancer patients from University of Vermont Cancer Center take the stage at Higher Ground Ballroom as part of Infusion Fashions: A Chemo Gown Extravaganza.
Vermont Business Magazine This March, Central Vermont Council On Aging (CVCOA) celebrates the amazing work of the 13 nutrition program sites we partner with and support. It takes the combined efforts of a small staff and dedicated volunteers to ensure hundreds of community members receive meals on a daily basis.
by Joshua Defibaugh, University of Vermont The University of Vermont’s office of Innovations hosted the final presentations of the second annual Joy and Jerry Meyers Cup this Saturday at the Alumni House’s Silver Maple Pavilion.
Vermont Business Magazine Today during President Trump’s Cabinet meeting, Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said, ‘We are going to eliminate FEMA.’ Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) released the following reaction: “The Trump Administration’s grand plan for victims of natural disasters is to abandon them—and it’s a complete non-starter.
Public Assets Institute, Montpelier The federal government is making massive cuts to government functions that Americans—and Vermonters—count on and is planning to make more cuts.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark today announced she has been elected to serve on the Executive Committee of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), a bipartisan organization of state attorneys general from across the country and U.S. territories.
Vermont Business Magazine Philo Ridge Farm announced today that it has successfully completed its transition to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, establishing the farm as a permanent community asset dedicated to the future of food and agriculture in Vermont.
by Devon Green, VP of Government Relations, VAHHS I wouldn’t call last week light, but it offered a little bit of a breather from crossover as the health care committees wait for bills from the other chamber to land on their bulletin boards. The money committees, however, worked overtime on both the budget and BAA negotiations after the governor’s veto.