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Community providers press Senate Health & Welfare to include mental‑health, long‑term care and home health in statewide delivery plan
Summary
Simone Rischenmeyer, executive director of Vermont Care Partners, told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Feb. 26 that any statewide health care delivery plan must include community mental‑health, substance‑use and developmental disability services alongside hospitals and clinics.
Simone Rischenmeyer, executive director of Vermont Care Partners, told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Feb. 26 that any statewide health care delivery plan must include community mental health, substance‑use and developmental disability services alongside hospitals and clinics.
Rischenmeyer said Vermont Care Partners represents the state's designated and specialized service agencies and that an integrated plan that omits community providers will not achieve the quality, access and equity goals described in the Act 167 report. She urged stronger language to require collaboration among the Green Mountain Care Board, the Agency of Human Services (AHS) and community providers and asked that…
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