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Green Mountain Care Board requests staff for drug work, proposes fee reallocation as OneCare winds down
Summary
At the Feb. 20 hearing the Green Mountain Care Board asked the appropriation committee for three governor-funded positions and described separate Act 134 and AHEAD staffing needs; the board proposed statutory language reallocating existing fill-back fees (about $570,000) between hospitals and insurers following the end of OneCare Vermont.
The Green Mountain Care Board asked the Vermont House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 20 for staffing and a statutory change tied to the end of OneCare Vermont and to new work on prescription drugs.
Executive Director Susan Barrett said the board’s base request (as presented) adds three positions funded through the governor’s base initiatives — a $750,000 mixed package that includes $300,000 in general funds and bill-back authority to cover the rest. Barrett said separately authorized Act 134 funds already provided for two employees focused on prescription-drug work; those positions are dedicated to the drug-pricing work…
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