Regulators may tie pay parity to hospital budget process

Green Mountain Care Board members Jessica Holmes, left, and Maure​en Usifer. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerHealth care regulators say they want to use the ongoing hospital budget review process to narrow the reimbursement differences between independent doctors and hospital-employed doctors.Members of the Green Mountain Care Board made the comments at a meeting held Monday to discuss how to reduce the disparities, which independent doctors have been seeking to do for years.
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