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Long‑term care providers urge full DIVA rate study implementation, 4% inflation adjustment
Summary
Providers, advocacy coalitions and residents told the Appropriations Committees that Vermont must implement the 2023 DIVA rate study increases (cited at roughly $6 million general fund) and add a 4% inflationary adjustment to maintain home and community‑based and residential care capacity.
Multiple long‑term care providers and coalitions said the state's Medicaid reimbursement for home and community‑based and residential long‑term care lags actual costs and threatens access for older and disabled Vermonters.
Helen Laden, speaking for the Long Term Care Crisis Coalition, which represents eight organizations and more than 200 service providers, said a 2023 Agency of Human Services (AHS) rate study showed providers need increases as large as 80% to cover costs; the…
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