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Helen Laban

Helen Laban

Executive Director of the Vermont Health Care Association, representing Vermont's nursing homes, residential care homes, and assisted living residences.

Sep 22, 2026

McKnight's Podcast

McKnight's Podcast

Amid this state’s Rural Health win for skilled nursing, plenty of funding gaps remain

Sep 22 · 15m

Kim Marcellus
Kim MarcellusHOST
7:01
environment that you have in Vermont rather than letting it backslide amidst some pending Medicaid cuts.
Helen Laban
Helen LabanGUEST
7:08
Good question.
Helen Laban
Helen LabanGUEST
7:10
And this has been one of the challenges of these grants.
Helen Laban
Helen LabanGUEST
7:13
So Vermont did some really great work to move funding quickly.
Helen Laban
Helen LabanGUEST
7:20
The state was very focused on how do we get the money to providers themselves.
Helen Laban
Helen LabanGUEST
7:26
And we certainly support those two elements.
Helen Laban
Helen LabanGUEST
7:28
The trade-off there is that it didn't necessarily leave a lot of time for coordination or necessarily looking at how the different pieces come together.
Kim Marcellus
Kim MarcellusHOST
9:43
also individuals with substance use disorder.

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