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Home health, nursing home representatives tell committee Medicaid and reimbursement shortfalls threaten capacity
Summary
Representatives from VNAs of Vermont and the Vermont Healthcare Association told the Senate Health & Welfare Committee that home health and long-term care providers face capacity and financial pressure from low Medicaid and Choices for Care reimbursement, workforce shortages and delayed payments.
Jill Olsen, executive director of the VNAs of Vermont, and Helen Laban, executive director of the Vermont Healthcare Association, briefed the Senate Health & Welfare Committee on Jan. 21 about financial and capacity pressures facing home health, hospice and long-term care providers across Vermont.
Olsen said home health agencies provide skilled medical care at home, maternal-child preventive services, hospice and long-term care under the Choices for Care Medicaid waiver, and that those services reduce pressure on hospitals and nursing homes. "Home health plays a critical role…
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