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Hospitals raise concerns about reference-based pricing’s impact on Vermont access and finances
Summary
Devin Green of the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems told a Feb. 5 meeting that while hospitals are open to pricing reforms, reference-based pricing could affect access, quality and hospital finances; he cited Montana and Oregon experiences and suggested exemptions for critical access hospitals.
Devin Green of the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems told a Feb. 5 meeting that hospitals are "open to all sorts of solutions, including reference based pricing," but urged careful evaluation of how such a plan would interact with global budgets and affect access, quality and hospital finances.
Green said Vermont hospitals are "in a fragile place" and noted other states' experiences with reference-based…
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