Suicide Prevention Conference Discusses How to Help Veterans
The VA’s Wendy Lakso says 20 veterans die by suicide each day nationally.
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Health Providers Sue State
MTN News reports another group of health-care providers to several poor and low-income consumers have sued the Bullock administration over 2018 state budget cuts, asking a judge to void the cuts and order them restored. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, takes aim at cuts to services for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled, claiming the Bullock administration didn’t follow the law when it enact
MT State Cuts Disproportionately Hit Missoula’s Community Medical Center
The state of Montana’s rush to fix a projected budget shortfall resulted in a number of health care related cuts.
Flu Numbers
The Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services reports 723 new flu cases confirmed the last week of January. The total number of cases in the state is nearly 3,300, and 21 Montanans have died of influenza.
Legislators Listen in Billings Thursday
KTVQ.com reports that Montanans are concerned about what state budget cuts will mean for health services, and they spoke out during a legislative listening session Thursday night at the St. Vincent Mansfield Health Education Center in Billings...
Open Enrollment Begins November 1 With Important Changes
Health Insurance open enrollment begins on Wednesday, November 1, and Montana Insurance Commissioner Matt Rosendale says there are important changes to consider.
Montana Bill Looks To Protect Patients From Significant Air Ambulance Charges
REACH Air Medical provides communities with air ambulance helicopters and airplanes.
ACA Providers Seek Premium Hikes
Health care providers say rising costs are responsible for a requested rate increases for plans provided under the federal Affordable Care Act in 2017. Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance Monica Lindeen listened to provider’s representatives explain why they plan to raise rates, some by more than 60 percent...
Why Does Health Care Cost What It Does? Find Out on Tuesday With Providence Health and Services of Western Montana
Providence Health and Services of Western Montana is sponsoring a free community talk today called “Transforming Health Care: The Cost of Care.”
St. Vincent Healthcare Pursuing Pediatric Affiliation with Utah Organizations
Children and families who travel to St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings will soon have additional access to advanced pediatric care right in the community's medical corridor.
St. Vincent Healthcare, Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital and the University of Utah, both in Salt Lake City, Utah, are partnering for an affiliation in pediatric subspecialty healthcare services, according to Angela D