Regulators seek to ‘streamline’ hospital project reviews

Susan Barrett, executive director of the Green Mountain Care Board, testifies on pay parity language at a Senate Finance Committee hearing Tuesday. Photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger ​
A law that governs hospital projects may be headed for an overhaul. The Green Mountain Care Board wants to “streamline” the so-called certificate of need process for hospitals and raise the financial cutoff for regulatory review.Vermont’s certificate of need statute requires hospitals to seek