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Aging advocates ask Vermont House Human Services Committee to add area-agency case management to proposed 2% Medicaid rate increase
Summary
Meg Burmeister of the Northeast Kingdom Council on Aging told the House Human Services Committee that Area Agencies on Aging were excluded from a recently approved 2% Medicaid rate increase and asked lawmakers to add funding to the BAA for FY27 so AAAs can sustain case management services amid operational changes from a federal conflict-free rule.
Meg Burmeister, executive director of the Northeast Kingdom Council on Aging, told the House Human Services Committee that Vermont’s five Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) were omitted from a legislated 2% Medicaid rate increase and asked legislators to add funding to the Budget Adjustment Act (BAA) to cover the increase for AAA case management.
"We are requesting that funding be added to the BAA to cover this 2% increase," Burmeister said, urging the committee to treat the AAAs the same as other Choices for Care providers. She told lawmakers the request reflects the legislature’s intent and is needed to preserve service quality.
Burmeister traced the omission to the committee’s enacted budget, saying "Dale had not budgeted for…
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