The University of Vermont Health Network announced Friday that it will continue to run three dialysis clinics around the state after regulators voted to raise the system鈥檚 revenue cap.
The health network planned to stop operating dialysis clinics in Newport, Rutland and St. Albans as part of a series of sweeping service cuts made in response to budget orders from the Green Mountain Care Board, which oversees hospitals in Vermont.
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In November when it announced the service cuts, UVM Health Network said it planned to find other organizations to run the dialysis clinics. But on Friday, the health network said in a press release there were no other organizations that could 鈥渢ake on the services while providing high quality care without significant losses鈥� and that the Green Mountain Care Board would now allow UVM Medical Center to take in revenue from the dialysis services.
鈥淲e鈥檙e very appreciative of the board鈥檚 willingness to collaborate with us to secure access to this important care in rural areas of the state,鈥� said Dr. Stephen Leffler, president and chief operating officer at UVM Medical Center, in a written statement.
The hospital will still lose money running the dialysis clinics and is searching for ways to decrease costs, according to the press release. The health network previously said they lose about $3 million a year running the clinics.
Other cuts to patient services have gone through, including the closure of the inpatient psychiatric unit at Central Vermont Medical Center.
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