Governor Greg Gianforte answers questions from students at Sunnyside School in Havre (credit: Josh Margolis) Mike Randal recently took over as Montana’s Medicaid Director whose past work includes privatizing the management of Medicaid in Kansas and Iowa. Recently, Governor Greg Gianforte told New Media Broadcasters the Department of Public ...
DPHHS Director Comments On Loss Of Federal Funding For State Hospital
(Credit: Montana DPHHS website) Earlier this month, the Montana State Hospital lost a projected $7 million in federal funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services after federal inspectors determined its practices put patients at risk of serious illness and death. Department of Public Health and Human Services Director Adam Me...
DPHHS Director Comments On State Hospital Losing Federal Funding
Tuesday the Montana State Hospital lost its federal funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services after investigations and warnings following four patient deaths. During a Senate committee hearing Department of Public Health and Human Services Director Adam Meier said it was in the process of addressing the issues identified prio...
State Hospital Loses Federal Funding
In a letter Friday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said the Montana State Hospital will lose its federal reimbursement funding Tuesday after repeated failures to meet standard health and safety conditions. The letter to the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services noted payments may continue for 30 calendar days f...
Number Of New COVID Cases Continuing To Drop
There were 409 new COVID cases added over the last week bringing active cases Monday to 494 Monday the lowest since July 2021 decreasing about 97% in the last seven weeks. Statewide there are 44 people hospitalized due to COVID-19 and hospitalizations have decreased 88%. The Department of Health and Human Services detected 16 cases of BA.2 in ...
Montana State Hospital Facing Employment Challenges
The Montana State Hospital is on the verge of losing federal funding after a federal investigation revealed massive staffing shortages led to at least four patient deaths. Department of Public health Director Adam Meier recently told lawmakers they’ve been hiring contract workers as a temporary solution.
DPHHS Announces Additions To Parent Resource Website
The Department of Public Health and Human Services has updated resource tools on its website ParentingMontana.org to help Montana guardians teach kids about marijuana and other drug misuse and topics like stress and childhood trauma. Director Adam Meier.
Montana DPPHS Addressing Rise In Foster Care Children
A 2021 legislative audit found a 115% increase in the number of minors in state foster care between 2010 and 2019. This week Division Administrator for Child and Family Services Nikki Grossberg told the Legislative Audit Committee they have already made progress since the data was gathered.
Rapid COVID-19 Tests To Arrive Next Week
Montana’s Department of Public Health and Human Services has begun shipping 650,000 at-home COVID-19 rapid antigen tests to county and tribal public health departments for distribution. When announcing the state had first acquired the tests Governor Greg Gianforte said every community needs to do their part to end the pandemic.
DPHHS Issues Guidance for Health Care Facilities & Providers For Federal Mandate
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services has issued guidance for state health care facilities and providers with respect to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services COVID-19 vaccine mandate. It requires Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities to establish a policy ensuring that all covered staff have been vaccin...