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The home for VPR's coverage of health and health industry issues affecting the state of Vermont.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Sues Vermont Over Medicaid Payments

Vermont Public | By Mitch Wertlieb
Published November 13, 2015 at 8:16 AM EST

The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical System has sued Vermont for paying community hospitals higher Medicaid rates than are paid to the New Hampshire facility.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock's lawsuit alleges that Vermont’s policy is unconstitutional because it treats the Lebanon, New Hampshire-based health care provider differently from Vermont hospitals, even though the services they deliver are the same. The suit says the policy also violates federal Medicaid laws.

The lawsuit argues Vermont’s payment policy discriminates against the New Hampshire system for no rational reason, and it breaches the 14th Amendment, which protects interstate commerce.

Read more about this lawsuit by VT-Digger’s Hamilton E. Davis here. 
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Mitch Wertlieb
A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
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