Vermont § 1958 - Appeals

§ 1958. Appeals

• (a) Any health care provider may submit a written request to the Department for reconsideration
  of the determination of the assessment within 20 days of notice of the determination.
  The request shall be accompanied by written materials setting forth the basis for
  reconsideration. If requested, the Department shall hold a hearing within 90 days
  from the date on which the reconsideration request was received. The Department shall
  mail written notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing to the health care
  provider at least 30 days before the date of the hearing. On the basis of the evidence
  submitted to the Department or presented at the hearing, the Department shall reconsider
  and may adjust the assessment. Within 20 days following the hearing, the Department
  shall provide notice in writing to the health care provider of the final determination
  of the amount it is required to pay based on any adjustments made by it. Proceedings
  under this section are not subject to the requirements of 3 V.S.A. chapter 25. (b) Upon request, the Commissioner shall enter into nonbinding arbitration with any health
  care provider dissatisfied with the Department’s decision regarding the amount it
  is required to pay. The arbitrator shall be selected by mutual consent, and compensation
  shall be provided jointly. (c) Any health care provider may appeal the decision of the Department as to the amount
  it is required to pay either before or after arbitration, to the Superior Court having
  jurisdiction over the health care provider. (Added 1991, No. 94, § 1; amended 1991, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 1993, No. 56, § 1, eff. June 3, 1993; 2005, No. 71, § 293; 2009, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § I.59; 2017, No. 210 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. June 1, 2018.)