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Long‑term care and community providers press for Medicaid rate increases and home‑and‑community investments
Summary
A coalition of long‑term care providers, designated agencies and home‑health organizations urged the committee to implement rate increases recommended in recent rate studies and to fund home‑and‑community‑based services to avoid higher hospital and facility costs.
Meg Polite, policy director for the Vermont chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, representing the Long Term Care Crisis Coalition, asked legislators to implement increases for home‑based choices for care and enhanced residential care described in the Department of Vermont Health Access 2023 rate study, and to include a 4% long‑term care inflation adjustment.
Multiple designated and specialized service agency leaders — including Jennifer Stratton (Lamoille…
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