Green Mountain Care Board's Owen Foster Steps Down as Chair, Will Remain on Board
Foster will remain on the board as Vermont reviews hospital budgets and marketplace rates, while he steps down to spend more time with his family.
- On Friday, Governor Phil Scott announced that Green Mountain Care Board chair Owen Foster will step down in September, though Foster will remain as a regular member of the five-person panel regulating Vermont's hospitals and health insurers.
- Appointed in 2022, Foster led the Board toward stricter oversight of hospital budgets and executive compensation, marking a significant shift from previous years as the state grapples with rising healthcare costs.
- Foster told VTDigger the decision was "entirely mine" to focus on family and professional interests, while Scott stated, "An effective leader as we work to make healthcare more affordable for Vermonters."
- The Green Mountain Care Board Nominating Committee will recruit a successor for the chair position as Foster assists with the incoming chair's onboarding and continues his six-year term starting October 1.
- Vermont's healthcare system continues facing high hospital costs and rising insurance premiums; the Board is already reviewing next year's rates for Affordable Care Act marketplace insurers BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont and MVP.
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Green Mountain Care Board's Owen Foster Steps Down as Chair, Will Remain on Board
Owen Foster is stepping down as chair of the Green Mountain Care Board but will remain a member of the powerful five-person panel that regulates Vermont’s hospitals and health insurers, a significant leadership change for the state’s top health care regulator amid continuing turmoil over hospital finances and affordability. Gov. Phil Scott announced the move Friday afternoon in a press release. Scott said the change was prompted by current boar…
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Owen Foster, chair of the Green Mountain Care board, speaks during roundtable on health care costs hosted by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, in Burlington on Friday, May 31, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The chair of the regulatory board that decides hospital budgets and health insurance premium increases in Vermont is stepping down at the end of September, Gov. Phil Scott announced Friday. Scott appointed Owen Foster as the Green …
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Owen Foster, chair of the Green Mountain Care board, speaks during roundtable on health care costs hosted by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, in Burlington on Friday, May 31, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The chair of the regulatory board that decides hospital budgets and health insurance premium increases in Vermont is stepping down at the end of September, Gov. Phil Scott announced Friday. Scott appointed Owen Foster as the Green …
Owen Foster stepping down as chair of state’s most powerful healthcare regulator
His tenure has been defined by a harder line on reining in hospital budgets and insurance premium increases. He plans to stay on as a board member. Read the story on VTDigger here: Owen Foster stepping down as chair of state’s most powerful healthcare regulator .
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Owen Foster, chair of the Green Mountain Care board, speaks during roundtable on health care costs hosted by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, in Burlington on Friday, May 31, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The chair of the regulatory board that decides hospital budgets and health insurance premium increases in Vermont is stepping down at the end of September, Gov. Phil Scott announced Friday. Scott appointed Owen Foster as the Green …
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