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Vermont Business Magazine On April 30, Vermont’s Agency of Human Services (AHS) submitted a request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to amend its Global Commitment to Health (Global Commitment) demonstration.

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Vermont Business Magazine Patients in our region are being served by nationally recognized hospitals as all three critical access hospitals in the University of Vermont Health Network – Alice Hyde Medical Center, Elizabethtown Community Hospital, and Porter Medical Center – have been named to a list of 27 ‘Critical Access Hospitals to Know’ nationwide by Becker’s Hospital Revie

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Vermont Business Magazine For the second year in a row, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services (USDA), in coordination with the Vermont Department of Health, will conduct a spring rabies vaccine bait drop.

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Vermont Business Magazine Health care clinicians from across Vermont applaud the Legislature for passing H.766, a bill that will reduce administrative delays in care and streamline insurance requirements.

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Vermont Business Magazine As the Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA) has previously reported, Change Healthcare, which operates Vermont's Medicaid pharmacy claims system, experienced a significant cyber security issue on February 21, 2024. Starting on March 18, 2024, pharmacy claims began processing again.

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Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermont are $3.64 per gallon, up 1 cent per gallon from last week, up 27 cents/g from last month and up 9 cents/g from last year. The lowest price in the state yesterday was $3.44/g in Rutland, while the highest was $3.79/g in Lyndonville.

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by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Drivers of fully electric vehicles in Vermont are beginning to feel some relief from range anxiety with the arrival of the first fast chargers provided through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program.

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Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and State veterinary and public health officials are investigating an illness among primarily older dairy cows. Vermont is monitoring the situation as it develops.

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Vermont Business Magazine Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $28,650,000 from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help Vermont identify and replace lead service lines, preventing exposure to lead in drinking water. Lead can cause a range of serious health impacts, including irreversible harm to brain development in children.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources is hosting two events to receive feedback on the proposed Core Principles of Community Engagement (the Principles) under the Vermont Environmental Justice Law.

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Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont’s (UVM) second annual Research, Innovation, Sustainability and Entrepreneur (RISE) Summit is attracting local, regional and national voices who will gather June 24 and 25 to share knowledge, to network and create conversations on this year’s theme “Partners in Place.” In 2023, UVM brought together the region’s entrepreneurs, b

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by Jason Huynh, UVM Class of 2026 CAP is a partnership program between the Vermont Attorney General's Office and the University of Vermont. The academic component is a service-learning class based out of the Department of Community Development and Applied Economics (CDAE) which embodies the values and mission of the department through hands-on learning for the public good.