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Committee debates scope of authority over hospital networks; definition and regulatory gap highlighted
Summary
Members reviewed draft Section 6 defining hospital networks and allowing the Green Mountain Care Board to review network structure and financial operations but concluded the board lacks direct regulatory authority over networks without new enabling statutes.
Legislative committee members reviewed language in draft Section 6 that would let the Green Mountain Care Board review and evaluate the structure and financial operations of a hospital network, but they repeatedly emphasized that the board does not currently regulate hospital networks and would need new authority to take enforcement action.
The draft directs the board to consider whether network operations should be organized and operated out of a hospital rather than at the network level and whether a network’s…
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