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Author Archives: Liora Engel-Smith

Liora Engel-Smith covers health care for VTDigger. She previously covered rural health at NC Health News in North Carolina and the Keene Sentinel in New Hampshire. She also had been at the Muscatine Journal in rural Iowa. Engel-Smith has master's degrees in public health from Drexel University and journalism from Temple University. Before moving to journalism, she was a scientist who briefly worked in the pharmaceutical industry.

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Vermont’s richest hospitals are seeking higher charges. The state’s poorest hospitals are doing without.

by Liora Engel-Smith March 28, 2022, 6:08 pmOctober 14, 2024, 1:55 pm
Rutland Regional Medical Center entrance
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Smaller Vermont hospitals forgo requests for service rate hikes

by Liora Engel-Smith March 27, 2022, 11:27 amMarch 27, 2022, 4:25 pm
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State board keeps Rutland hospital waiting on its proposed price hike

by Liora Engel-Smith March 24, 2022, 5:38 pmMarch 24, 2022, 5:38 pm
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Brattleboro Memorial Hospital’s leader plans to retire in April

by Liora Engel-Smith March 23, 2022, 3:47 pmMarch 23, 2022, 3:47 pm
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Vermont hospitals, struggling to make ends meet, want to raise their service charges

by Liora Engel-Smith March 22, 2022, 4:34 pmMarch 27, 2022, 9:58 am
Rutland Regional Medical Center sign
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Rutland Regional hospital projects $7.6 million operating loss due to Covid-19

by Liora Engel-Smith March 16, 2022, 7:34 pmMarch 16, 2022, 7:34 pm
Anya Rader Wallack. VTD/Josh Larkin
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Former Green Mountain Care Board chair Anya Rader Wallack to head OneCare board

by Liora Engel-Smith March 16, 2022, 1:25 pmMarch 16, 2022, 1:25 pm
Louis Josephson
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Brattleboro Retreat chief executive to step down in April

by Liora Engel-Smith March 15, 2022, 2:34 pmMarch 15, 2022, 3:59 pm
drive-up coronavirus testing
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Workers protest staff shortages, patient safety issues at UVM Health’s 2nd-largest hospital

by Liora Engel-Smith March 14, 2022, 6:02 pmMarch 14, 2022, 6:02 pm
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Vermont hospitals take a DIY approach to the housing crisis

by Liora Engel-Smith March 13, 2022, 11:03 amSeptember 9, 2024, 4:02 pm
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Vermont legislative battle over eye surgeries ends in a draw

by Liora Engel-Smith March 9, 2022, 4:43 pmMarch 14, 2022, 7:39 pm
The Zampieri State Office Building in Burlington
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As Covid cases decline, Vermont winds down contact tracing contract

by Liora Engel-Smith March 8, 2022, 7:41 pmMarch 8, 2022, 7:41 pm
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Amid widespread workforce unrest, UVM Medical Center residents form a union

by Liora Engel-Smith March 7, 2022, 3:43 pmMarch 7, 2022, 3:44 pm
Exterior view of a multi-story hospital building with cars parked in the lot and an emergency entrance visible.
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State report on wait times quantifies patient experiences but offers no path forward

by Liora Engel-Smith February 27, 2022, 7:57 amNovember 4, 2024, 11:58 pm

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