Regulators pitch ‘unique’ solution in hospital budget debate

UVM Medical Center. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
For the past month, there’s been a tug of war over millions of dollars of hospital revenue in Vermont.
On one side, Green Mountain Care Board members have been weighing their options after discovering that three University of Vermont Health Network hospitals exceeded their patient-revenue budgets by a combined $43.8 million in fiscal year 2017.
On the other, UVM hospital administrators have lobbied against the regulatory body making