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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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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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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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How one Montana health department is keeping up the …

WEBLike many health officials in Montana fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, and trying to convince the public to help, deputy health officer Trystianson and his …

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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 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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What to know about Montana State Hospital’s latest …

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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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Montana signs likely multi-million dollar contract to mend …

WEBThe Montana state health department has inked a contract that will likely pay millions of dollars to a private consulting group to coordinate a mammoth two-year …

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Montana public health director Adam Meier presents agency …

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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MT lawmakers try to grow mental health and addiction workforce

WEBHELENA — Buried within the mountain of bills debated during this year’s legislative session, Republicans and Democrats endorsed a slate of policies meant to …

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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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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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Montana “recovery doulas” bridge gaps for pregnant people …

WEBThe One Health program, a state and federal grant recipient, tries to prevent those outcomes by combining two types of health professionals, doulas and peer …

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

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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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How an Obamacare remnant survives and prospers in Montana

WEBHealth Care. How an Obamacare remnant survives and prospers in Montana. Helena-based Mountain Health Co-op is one of just three Affordable Care Act …

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Montana Medicaid director to leave state health department

WEBBiden taps CSKT attorney Danna Jackson for U.S. District Court judgeship. President Joe Biden has tapped Danna Jackson, an attorney for the Confederated …

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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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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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Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, in his own words

WEBTim Sheehy sat down for a “fireside chat” with a fellow party member, providing a glimpse into how the candidate, who is hoping to defeat longtime Democratic …

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Homelessness in Missoula a strain on city’s people, economy, …

WEBMethods vary for calculating the cost of crime but can add up to tens of thousands of dollars depending on the crime, the report states. Studies estimating costs …

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