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House committee reviews provider rate requests, hears VNA and designated‑agency increases
Summary
The Vermont House Health Care Committee discussed Visiting Nurse Association and Vermont Care Partners requests for 3.5% rate increases, debated how Medicare adjustments affect Medicaid conversion factors, and pressed administration staff to verify federal matches and methodology for converting percentage increases into Medicaid dollar impacts.
The Vermont House Health Care Committee spent much of its session reviewing provider reimbursement requests, focusing on a Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) proposal and a separate request from Vermont Care Partners.
Speaker 1 introduced the VNA request for a 3.5% increase, saying the change "would add 28,000 to the base, bringing them up to 70% of Medicare." Committee members repeatedly emphasized that the figures provided were advocate estimates and asked administration staff to verify how much of any increase would be general fund…
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