Hospitals

A new president and CEO takes over the helm of Vermont’s largest health network at a time of rising costs and operating deficits.

A group of doctors trains health care providers to treat miscarriage in the emergency department. This could be increasingly important in states where abortion is outlawed.

Hospital administrators in Vermont and across the country say having to care for long term patients who should be in nursing homes is causing bottlenecks in their emergency rooms and millions of dollars in financial losses.

Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Lori Shibinette said the shortage is partly due to the state's inability to compete with wages and $10,000 sign-on bonuses offered by other hospitals.

The number of people hospitalized with COVID in Vermont is holding fairly steady — and well below the peak this winter. But numbers aren’t the full story.

Vermont's COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are on the rise, but health officials will soon sunset the state's virus dashboard. Here's what to expect next from the pandemic.

The Green Mountain Care Board rejected a request by UVM Health Network to raise its rates by 10 percent, and will only allow a reduced increase.

The Green Mountain Care Board has finalized its budgetary targets for 2023, and some hospitals say inflation will make it hard to meet those benchmarks.

Late last month, almost 2,000 Vermonters got letters in the mail saying the University of Vermont Health Network will soon no longer accept their insurance. They’ll have to go elsewhere for medical care starting April 1.

Hospitals across the state remain very busy, even as the state boasts one of the lowest COVID hospitalization rates in the country.