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UVM Medical Center president outlines operational response after steep rate cuts, warns specialty services need regional volume
Summary
Steve Leffler, president of UVM Medical Center, told the House Committee on Health Care that UVM must align expenses with recent commercial-rate reductions, protect quality and access, and that some high-end services depend on patient volume from outside Vermont (notably New York). He described workforce, capacity and efficiency initiatives the system is pursuing.
Steve Leffler, president of UVM Medical Center, testified to the House Committee on Health Care on Jan. 16 about how the medical center is responding to large commercial-rate reductions and broader affordability goals.
Leffler said UVM completed a Blue Cross contract and that combined actions last year produced an overall commercial-rate reduction for the medical center (which he described as a roughly 12% reduction once legislative and board actions are combined). "The next step and now the really hard work is aligning our expense base with our lower revenue," Leffler told the committee, adding that UVM is working to protect quality and access while reducing costs.
On quality, Leffler…
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