The Department of Vermont Health Access has started reallocating $4 million in Medicaid money from academic medical centers to family doctors.The department reduced what it pays the University of Vermont Medical Center by $2.9 million, what it pays Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center by $1 million, and what it pays out-of-state academic medical centers by $100,000.The changes took place Oct. 1, the first day of the hospital fiscal year.Sen. Jane Kitchel, D-Caledonia, is chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. VTDigger file photoThe department took action in response to the spending bill from the 2016 legislative session that required the Medicaid program to reallocate money from academic medical centers to primary care services, which are considered a priority.Lawmakers say the Legislature approved the $4 million transfer after defeating a proposal from Gov. Peter Shumlin to raise $17 million from a new tax on independent doctors and dentists and then put $4.8 million of that money toward increased reimbursements. …
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Millions in Medicaid money being transferred to primary care – vtdigger.org