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UVM family medicine director urges broad steps to bolster primary care workforce
Summary
Dr. Gordon Powers, program director for UVM’s family medicine residency, told the House Health Care committee that payment reforms like S.197 are a start but must be paired with measures (AHEC, loan repayment, culture shifts) to recruit and retain primary care providers in rural Vermont.
Dr. Gordon Powers, introduced by the committee as program director for the University of Vermont family medicine residency program, told lawmakers that retaining primary care physicians in rural Vermont requires multiple strategies beyond single payment reforms. Powers said training, incentives and practice supports are all needed and described a residency pipeline that keeps roughly "60% of the graduating" trainees in state.
Powers acknowledged payment reform legislation discussed by the…
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