Choices for Care: nursing-home pressures, ARRIS contract and staffing concerns raised Committee members heard Choices for Care line-item pressures — a nursing-home Medicaid bed-day pressure of $9.6 million and $5.5 million in inflationary increases — and discussed payroll contractor ARRIS, wages and contracting. Staff said the ARRIS contract went out to bid and the new award begins soon.

Vermont lawmakers are raising crucial questions about nursing-home funding pressures and the impact of wage negotiations on direct-care capacity.

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