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Committee amends S 63 to narrow some Green Mountain Care Board duties, add ACO certification fees and adjust hospital budget timing
Summary
The committee advanced an amendment to S 63 that removes certain Green Mountain Care Board duties over health IT plan approval, retools ACO oversight and certification fees, modifies hospital fiscal-year timing for some psychiatric hospitals, and set deadlines related to hospital budget orders; the amendment passed committee by roll call.
Senate Health & Welfare members considered and adopted an amendment to S 63 that revises the Green Mountain Care Board’s roles, establishes fees for accountable care organization (ACO) certification, streamlines parts of ACO budget review and adjusts hospital fiscal-year timing for certain psychiatric hospitals.
Key changes described in committee discussion included removing the board’s role in reviewing and approving the state’s health information technology plan while making the board a voting member of the steering committee; narrowing the board’s responsibilities for health IT plan approval and certain existing review duties; and removing references to advisory or technical groups that “do not…
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