Tech spending slashed in Medicaid administration budget

Officials have cut $22.5 million from the Department of Vermont Health Access proposed budget for next fiscal year.

But the reduction is not all that it seems, Commissioner Cory Gustafson told the House Appropriations Committee Thursday.

Rather than slicing deep into staff or programs, Gustafson said most of the savings comes from crafting a more realistic budget for design, development and implementation of technology projects. That brings the fiscal 2019 budget more in line with what the state actually will spend, Gustafson said.

“I think it’s about being a little bit more thoughtful about what we can do in a year,” he said.

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