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After a policy change, providers can perform abortions if the fetus has a fatal condition in Gallatin County.
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The state’s largest independent health care system welcomed its first patients to a new campus in Bozeman on Tuesday.
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The National Weather Service says hot weather is arriving across Montana this week. Temperatures will range from the mid-90s on Wednesday to near 100 degrees by the weekend.
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Montana’s largest hospital system is expanding its resources to become the region’s most comprehensive medical center for injury and trauma care.
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Montana nonprofit hospitals receive millions of dollars in tax exemptions as charities each year in exchange for giving back to their communities. A KHN review found that some of Montana’s richest medical centers are falling behind most state and national hospitals.
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St. Vincent Healthcare, RiverStone Health and Billings Clinic said in a joint statement that “Bottom line ... we are requiring our healthcare workers to become vaccinated against COVID-19."
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A team of federal health care providers is helping to address a staffing shortage in Billings as Yellowstone County continues to lead the state in the number of active COVID-19 cases.
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Montana is funding a new incentive program to help recruit health care providers in response to statewide staffing issues.
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As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations decline across the country, the pandemic in Montana has continued to get worse. The average number of hospitalizations grew by nearly 40% over the past month. Health care workers are trying to keep up, and some are pushing the state to do more to help.
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Billings Clinic in Montana is past the tipping point as it looks for places to add intensive care unit beds and is on the cusp of rationing care to deal with the surge of sick covid patients in a state with significant anti-vaccination sentiment.