Vermont Medical Society announces new president, other officers
For more information, contact: Justin Campfield | (802) 683-9889 | justin@thinksparkmedia.com Vermont Medical Society Taps New Officers Rutland Regional Medical Center’s Dr. Victor Pisanelli, Jr.,...
View ArticleDigger Tidbits: Vets make prison gang list; docs say not so fast on emergency...
Judiciary committee hears about gangs, including vets Faithful members of the Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club may be a little surprised to find themselves on a list of “security threat groups” offered...
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Report recommends against no-fault medical malpractice
A Fletcher Allen doctor watches during the health care bill signing. VTD/Taylor Dobbs A report released this week by the Shumlin administration concludes that a no-fault system for medical malpractice...
View ArticlePain medication conference to discuss Vermont-specific issues
For immediate release Mar. 1, 2012 Contact Communication Office Vermont Department of Health 802-863-7281 BURLINGTON – A “Safe and Effective Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain” conference will be held...
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The single-payer framework: Cost containment is the Shumlin administration’s...
Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part analysis of the Shumlin administration’s plans for a single-payer health care system. Aerial view of the Fletcher Allen Health Care campus. Photo...
View ArticleTransparency laws expose pharma industry’s activity in Vermont, doesn’t slow...
Pharmaceutical spending in Vermont in recent years doesn’t appear to be slowing down — despite new transparency requirements and the elimination of outright “gifts” to Vermont’s doctors. In fact, due...
View ArticleHarrington: Vermont paved the way for ACOs
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Paul Harrington, who is executive vice president of the Vermont Medical Society. There is an increased understanding that duplicating past efforts by government to...
View ArticleVermont Medical Society adopts new resolutions, sets health care public...
NEWS RELEASE Oct. 27, 2012 Contact: Justin Campfield (802) 683-9889 jcampfield@vtmd.org Woodstock, Vt. – The Vermont Medical Society (VMS) today adopted policy resolutions that address a number of...
View ArticleVermont Medical Society taps new officers
NEWS RELEASE Oct. 27, 2012 Contact: Justin Campfield (802) 683-9889 jcampfield@vtmd.org Fletcher Allen family practice physician Dr. Norman Ward named president of state physicians’ association....
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Lawmakers side with doctors as they wade gingerly into the medical area of...
Susan Gretkowski, a lobbyist, briefs employers on the impacts of health care reform last year in Montpelier. VTD/Josh Larkin A debate between Vermont health insurers and physicians over the need for...
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Naturopaths to receive authority to prescribe more drugs
Naturopaths will soon be able to prescribe a wider range of pharmaceutical drugs. Beginning in 2015, naturopaths will be free to prescribe drugs within their “scope of practice.” But as the state...
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Secretary of State’s Office ‘strongly disagrees’ with rejection of rule...
Christopher Winters, director of the Office of Professional Regulation in the Secretary of State’s Office. Photo by Viola Gad/VTDigger Secretary of State Jim Condos “strongly disagrees” with a...
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In an about-face, lawmakers expand prescription authority for naturopaths
Sens. Diane Snelling (left) and Peg Flory respond to testimony from Reps. Donna Sweaney, D-Windsor, and Debbie Evans, D-Essex Junction on Thursday morning at a meeting of the Legislative Committee on...
View ArticlePaul Harrington elected chair of Vermont Information Technology Leaders board...
News Release — VITL October 22, 2013 Contacts: Laura Jacobs/Earl Wells e3communications 716-854-8182 Al Gobeille and Amy Putnam also named to board BURLINGTON, VT – Vermont Information Technology...
View ArticleVermont Medical Society taps new officers
News Release — Vermont Medical Society Oct. 28, 2013 Dartmouth-Hitchcock surgeon Dr. Daniel Walsh named president of state physicians’ association Montpelier, Vt. (Oct. 28, 2013) – Daniel B. Walsh,...
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Amendment would crack down on street sales of opiate treatment drug
State senators Thursday proposed legislation intended to crack down on the amount of the opiate addiction treatment drug buprenorphine that is being sold on the street. A four-page amendment to a major...
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Obama official applauds Vermont’s health information-sharing effort
Dr. Karen DeSalvo, national coordinator for Health IT. Photo by Morgan True/VTDiggerSOUTH BURLINGTON — A top Obama official charged with developing health information technology praised Vermont’s...
View ArticleVermont Medical Society taps new officers
News Release — Vermont Medical Society Oct. 29, 2014 Contact: Justin Campfield (802) 683-9889 justin@thinksparkmedia.com Morrisville physician David Coddaire, M.D., named president of state physicians’...
View ArticleMt. Ascutney Hospital’s Jill Lord named Vermont Medical Society’s 2014...
News Release — Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center November 25, 2014 Contact: Amber Cutler (802) 674-7327, Amber.Cutler@mahhc.org WINDSOR, VT— Jill Lord, RN, MS, Chief Nursing Officer and Director...
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Sunset of ACA enhanced Medicaid payments could hurt beneficiaries in Vermont
A nurse bandages a patient at Central Vermont Medical Center Enhanced federal Medicaid payments to doctors for primary care services will end in January. The reimbursement increases under the...
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