Commissioner Paulette Thabault of the Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration(BISHCA) released today the 2009 Health Resource Allocation Plan (“the HRAP”), a comprehensive document that supports Vermont’s most important health policy goals. Among those goals are: enhancing chronic care management, promoting wellness, achieving cost effective care, and the integration of mental health and substance abuse services with other health services. The HRAP incorporates a diverse group of professional and consumer perspectives on Vermont’s health care system.
Commissioner Thabault said, “This very extensive planning document suggests many recommendations and implementation options for improving Vermont’s health care system. It covers a range of topics including types of services we need in Vermont, providing care to all parts of our state, and addressing health care workforce shortages. We don’t presume that all the options presented can or should be acted upon. We instead hope that the HRAP will foster debate and help guide health care reform efforts to provide accessible, affordable, high quality health care to all Vermonters.”
The first HRAP was published in 2005 in accordance with 2003 legislation known as Act 53, which contained numerous health care planning and evaluation mandates. The 2009 document builds on the feedback and lessons learned from the seminal effort in 2005.
A link to the HRAP document is available on the BISHCA website homepage: www.bishca.state.vt.us under “NEW.”
( Or: http://www.bishca.state.vt.us/HcaDiv/HRAP_Act53/HRAP_index.htm )
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Vermont releases 2009 Health Resource Allocation Plan
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