Public Comment

Public Comment & Public Record Information

Public Comments are Public Records: All public comments received by the Green Mountain Care Board, whether posted to the Board’s website or sent only to Board members/staff, are “public records” under Vermont law.  This means that, absent a specific exemption under state law, any member of the public may access the Board’s public comments by submitting a public records request. 

Posting of Public Comments: The Board will not post public comments on its website where it determines, in its discretion, that the comment contains inappropriate or offensive language.

Please contact Kristen LaJeunesse if you have any questions regarding public comments.

How to Submit a Public Comment

You may submit a comment to the Board at any time by filling out our Public Comment Form. 

Ongoing Special Comment Periods

While GMCB accepts public comments at any time, we also conduct Special Comment Periods. Special Comment Periods are about specific, current topics before the Board and have a submission deadline. Special comments are reviewed by Board members prior to scheduled votes and, with permission from the submitter, are posted to our website below. Special comments submitted after the deadline may not be posted online but will always be forwarded to the Board.

• The Board received the Brattleboro Retreat’s submission of FY 2024 hospital budget review materials on December 4, 2023. The Brattleboro Retreat will present their budget at a public board meeting on Wednesday, December 20, 2023 with a potential vote by the Board. Public comment can be submitted through Monday, December 18 to be considered ahead of the hearing.

• The first round of meetings for community engagement to support hospital transformation wrapped up in November 2023. A second round of in-person meetings is planned for spring 2024. To receive an email when the schedule is posted, please sign up here. The Board is continuing to accept public comment on this work.

  • Fall 2023 public comments can be found here.

• The Board received OneCare Vermont ACO’s Certification Form on August 29, 2023 and their FY2024 Budget on October 2, 2023. Submission materials can be found here. OneCare Vermont will present their budget at a public board meeting on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, and GMCB staff will present their analysis on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.  Public comment can be submitted through Friday, December 1st to be considered ahead of the GMCB staff presentation or by Friday, December 15th to be considered ahead of the GMCB vote, which will occur before the end of the year, tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, December 20, 2023.

  • Thomas A. Dee, President and CEO, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
  • Steven LeBlanc, Dartmouth Health
  • Robert Hoffman, MA, LPC, MPH
  • Lamoille Health Partners
  • Primary Care Health Partners
  • Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital
  • Wanda Bouvier
  • Coleen Condon
  • Robert Oeser
  • Bill Guenther
  • Courtney Berry, Executive Director, North Country Primary Care
  • Vermont Health Care Advocate

• The Board received Lore Heath ACO’s FY2024 Budget on October 2, 2023. Submission materials can be found here. Lore Health presented their budget at a public board meeting on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 and GMCB staff will present their analysis on Monday, November 20, 2023.  Public comment will be accepted through Friday, December 1st to be considered ahead of the GMCB vote which will occur before the end of the year, tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
  • Vermont Health Care Advocate

• The Board received Vytalize Heath 9 ACO LLC's FY2024 Budget on October 2, 2023. Vytalize presented their budget at a public board meeting on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. Submission materials can be found here.  Public comment will be accepted until noon on Tuesday, December 5th to be considered ahead of the GMCB vote which will occur before the end of the year, tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, December 6, 2023.

  • Mark Gibson
  • Sally Jenks Roth
  • Pat Sharpe
  • Vermont Health Care Advocate
  • Lee Russ
  • Ted Cody, MD
  • Alice Leeds
  • Ellen Oxfeld
  • Walter Carpenter
  • G. Richard Dundas, MD
  • Linda Andrews
  • Ellen Schwartz
  • Mark Gibson (12/01/2023)
  • Jane Kolias
  • Andy Barter, CEO Little Rivers Health Care
  • Fay Homan, MD, Little Rivers Health Care
  • Joe Patrissi (12/03/2023)
  • Ann Schroeder
  • Norma Norland
  • Mary Barnett
  • Dr. Jeffrey Spiegel
  • Mohammed Daoudi
  • Marcia Daoudi
  • John M. Conner
  • James Mendell
  • Don Stratton
  • Dina DuBois
  • Clove Haviva
  • Anne McKinsey
  • Ann Schroeder
  • Timothy O'Dell
  • Marvin Malek
  • Daniel Wing
  • Nancy Mazel-Tiffany
  • Charlotte McGray
  • Ruth wplk
  • Jane Katz Field
  • Edward Childs
  • Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society
  • George Terwilliger
  • MaryAlice Bisbee
  • Rick Berry
  • Ethan Parke
  • John T. Cook, PhD, MAEd
  • Mary Quinn
  • Summer Burch, APRN, FNP-C
  • Robin Ekstrom, RN
  • Marvin Malek, MD MPH
  • Howard Jennings
  • Don Tinney, VT-NEA
  • Herb Olson
  • Betty Keller, MD, President, Vermont Physicians for a National Health Program

• The Board continues to encourage its advisory committees and the public to provide written comment to inform a potential future All Payer Model Agreement with the State of Vermont (Governor, AHS, and GMCB) and CMS. The slides presented to the General Advisory Committee on February 8, 2021 can be seen here. Special comments can be submitted at any time and are shared with the All-Payer Model Signatories: the Governor's Office, the Agency of Human Services, and the Green Mountain Care Board.

  • Elizabeth Hunt, MD, FAAP
  • Julie Wasserman, Chip Conquest, Patrick Flood, Fay Homan, Mark Hage, Bill Schubart, Deb Snell
  • Julie Wasserman, MPH

Previous Special Comment Periods