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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 9375 - Green Mountain Care Board duties under the health law
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Current as of June 2015
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“Duties under the health law”
(b) The Green Mountain Care board is responsible for the following:
- Oversee the development and implementation of health care payment and delivery system reforms designed to control the rate of growth in health care costs and maintain health care quality in Vermont.
- Review and approve Vermont's statewide health information technology plan.
- Review and approve the health care workforce development strategic plan.
- Review the health resource allocation plan.
- Set rates for health care professionals and make adjustments to the rules on reimbursement methodologies as needed.
- Approve, modify, or disapprove requests for health insurance rates within 30 days of receipt of a request for approval from the commissioner of financial regulation.
- Review and establish hospital budgets.
- Review and approve, approve with conditions, or deny applications for certificates of need.
- Review and approve, with recommendations from the commissioner of Vermont health access, the benefit package or packages for qualified health benefit.
- Develop and maintain a method for evaluating systemwide performance and quality.
- Develop the unified health care budget.
- Review data regarding mental health and substance abuse treatment reported to the Department of Financial Regulation.
Current as of June 2015
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