The University of Vermont Medical Center ("UVM Medical Center") consists of four major campuses: The organization also includes more than 30 patient-care sites and more than 100 outreach clinics, programs and services throughout Vermont and northern New York, including 11 primary care group practices, and generates approximately one billion in annual revenue.
As the only Level I Trauma Center in Vermont, the hospital offers the region advanced technology and techniques to care for the most seriously ill and injured pediatric and adult patients.
[5] The magazine also named twenty-one physicians to its Top Doctors list and recognized five specialties as High Performing for 2012–2013.
[citation needed] The five specialty areas ranked as High Performing are Orthopedics, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Gynecology and Nephrology.
[6] The modern medical center, formerly known as Fletcher Allen Health Care, was formed in 1995 from the merger of three organizations: In 2010, the Faculty Practice became known as the University of Vermont Medical Group, formalized through a joint affiliation with the University of Vermont and Fletcher Allen Health Care.
The Medical Group is governed by a Board of Directors comprising the chairs/Health Care Service leaders, elected at-large faculty representatives, the president of the Medical Group, the UVM College of Medicine Dean, and the University of Vermont Health Network chief executive officer.
In 1999, responding to proposals from chief executive William C. Boettcher, the Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration (BISHCA) approved a $118 million plan called the Renaissance Project for new construction at Fletcher Allen.
Thad Krupka, the former COO, pleaded guilty in state court to three counts of misdemeanor false claims.