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Montana group launches coverage campaign after …

WEBThe campaign, titled “Get Covered Again,” is spearheaded by Cover Montana, a federally supported arm of the Montana Primary Care Association that helps …

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Montana’s push for inpatient mental health and addiction …

WEBWalking around Rimrock’s 40-bed addiction treatment facility in Billings, CEO Lenette Kosovich says as many as half of the beds could be empty on any given day. …

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Health care is expanding. Here's how.

WEBA pair of bills passed by the Legislature make those regulatory suspensions permanent while expanding telehealth’s prospective post-pandemic role in Montana. …

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MT health dept. details Medicaid plan to treat addiction, …

WEBHELENA — Montana’s health department is taking public comment on part of its plan to tackle the state’s substance use and mental illness crises. In a draft …

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Health department shares Medicaid disenrollment …

WEBAccording to the figures from the state health department released to legislative Democrats on Tuesday, nearly 36,000 children lost Medicaid coverage since …

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Montana public health director Adam Meier presents …

WEBby Mara Silvers 09.15.2021. HELENA — Department of Public Health and Human Services Director Adam Meier on Wednesday sought to explain his plan for overhauling the …

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Feds signal alarm over Montana’s drop in childhood …

WEBMost of the 112,453 Montanans who have lost Medicaid coverage since April, nearly 64%, have been removed from the program for not providing the state …

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5 things to know about health care changes in Montana

WEBThe new laws redefine telehealth to include nonclinical health services, require private insurers and Medicaid to cover telehealth services and authorize state …

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What maternal health care can do to prevent family …

WEBOn the Fort Peck Reservation, a health-first approach to reducing foster care removals is getting off the ground. by Mara Silvers 02.14.2024. The Listerud Rural …

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Montana health department boosts contract for state …

WEBThe Montana state health department has expanded its contract with a private consulting group hired to oversee the struggling Montana State Hospital and …

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Can a 28-year-old from D.C. fix Montana’s mental health system

WEBSoon after 26-year-old Charlie Brereton started working at the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services in December 2021, a few long-time …

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Montana state psychiatric hospital to lose federal funding

WEBAfter months of investigations and warnings following four patient deaths, Montana’s only public psychiatric hospital is poised to lose federal Medicaid and …

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Montana nonprofit hospitals report conservative community benefits

WEBJJ Carmody, Billings Clinic’s director of reimbursement, said the health system spent more than $36 million in 2019 on community benefits, including $12.7 …

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Montana State Hospital bleeding staff during push for federal …

WEBThe state health department, which oversees the facility, had funding for approximately 475 full-time hospital employees in early 2024. The hospital’s loss of …

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In a community with an abundance of wealth, mental health …

WEBCommunity activists argue that the scarcity of services could be partly relieved by Bozeman Health putting more of its own wealth on the line, even for services …

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Ending involuntary commitments would shift burden to communities

WEBThe panel also would track the progress of developing community-based services until involuntary commitments end in 2025. Gov. Greg Gianforte’s two-year …

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Missoula celebrates the opening of new crisis center

WEBby Katie Fairbanks 11.14.2023. The Riverwalk Crisis Center will open in Missoula at the end of the month, providing assessments and care to those in a mental health crisis. Dozens …

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Union nurses in Kalispell, Montana secure new labor contract

WEBNurses at Logan Health first unionized in 2019. The union and management met on and off through 2020 and early 2021 trying to forge a deal. A sticking point was …

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Millions lose Medicaid as states grapple with post-pandemic …

WEBThe unprecedented enrollment drop comes after federal protections ended this spring that had prohibited states from removing people from Medicaid during the …

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Explosive growth, tourism weigh heavy on western Montana’s …

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Montana Medicaid director to leave state health department

WEBMike Randol will be entering the private sector in Kansas City after two years in Montana. by Mara Silvers 04.25.2024. Chief administrative officer for the Montana …

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Montana under corrective plan for delayed SNAP applications

WEBFederal officials have required Montana to implement a corrective action plan to improve what they call “unacceptable” delays in processing food assistance …

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EPA adopts rules to clamp down on pollution from power plants

WEBThe EPA has described the rule as an effort to safeguard public health and eliminate 617 million tons of atmosphere-warming carbon dioxide emissions from one of …

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Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, in his own words

WEBON THE BEGINNING OF HIS INVOLVEMENT IN POLITICS. Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL who founded an aerial firefighting company near Bozeman and who has …

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