County hospital trims FY27 budget for state review

Health care regulators began their review of Porter’s budget proposal this week.

The news came less than a week after the state health care regulator slammed the network, which includes Porter Hospital.

Porter Medical Center in Middlebury will see four jobs cut as the result of 77 layoffs announced last week by the University of Vermont Health Network

Officials at Porter Medical Center, a UVMHN affiliate in Middlebury, said the cuts will not directly affect health care operations here, but Addison County patients will feel the pinch for some health care services.

Bob Ortmyer has worked as interim president and COO at Middlebury’s Porter Medical Center since this past September. Now he will lead the southern region of UVM Health Network.

BURLINGTON — The University of Vermont Health Network, which includes Middlebury’s Porter Medical Center, will require employees to either get a COVID-19 vaccination by Oct. 1, or be subject to weekly testing for the disease, which has killed 260 Vermonte … (read more)

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