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Behavioral‑health agencies cite staffing, paperwork and funding shortfalls and seek a 6.2% Medicaid rate increase
Summary
Vermont Care Partners told legislators agencies have vacancy rates and administrative burdens that hinder care delivery, and leaders asked for a 6.2% Medicaid rate increase to cover an overall 5.2% projected expense rise.
Leaders from Vermont Care Partners told lawmakers at a Jan. 29 State House presentation that workforce shortages, administrative burden and a widening gap between costs and reimbursement threaten behavioral‑health access across the state, and they asked for a 6.2% Medicaid rate increase to cover a projected 5.2% rise in operating expenses.
Simone Rishmeier, executive director of Vermont Care Partners, described the network as a core component of Vermont’s safety net: the agencies served roughly 35,000 clients and up to about 50,000 people in total last year and together employ about 6,000 people, she said. “We…
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