Health

The pandemic has taken a toll on teenager’s mental health. A survey found that in 2020 Montana was in the top five states nationwide for the percentage of pediatric insurance claims that were related to mental health. Earlier this month, as Park High School students returned to fourt days per week of in person learning, Livingston Public Schools piloted a mental health screener with ninth graders.

HELENA, Mont. — When the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation began offering telehealth services in Montana in early February, the nation’s largest nonprofit addiction treatment provider promised quality care for far-flung residents without their even having to leave home.

Montana’s pick for health director has garnered both praise and criticism for his past in Kentucky, where he sought to add work requirements to the state’s Medicaid program and was a top health official amid a hepatitis A outbreak.

Marilyn Bartlett, credited with saving Montana’s state employee health plan millions of dollars, is a busy consultant now, as states, counties and big businesses try to use her playbook to bring down hospital costs.

Gov. Greg Gianforte’s pick to lead the Department of Public Health and Human Services, the state’s largest department, faced robust questioning in a...

Montana's chief medical officer is resigning from his post. Dr. Greg Holzman has led much of the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to...

Demand for mental health care has been rising through the coronavirus pandemic. Now, despite dwindling funds and technical difficulties, providers are reaching out using unprecedented strategies.

Nine months into the pandemic that has killed more than 320,000 people in the U.S., Kim Larson is still trying to convince others in her northern Montana county that COVID-19 is dangerous.

Montana’s health department Tuesday endorsed guidance for medical providers potentially facing a scarcity of medical supplies, space and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The two large hospital systems in Billings are busy administering nearly 2,000 COVID-19 vaccines this week. The first jabs were met with joy and celebration.