According to this report, Montana’s Medicaid expansion adds $270 million in personal income and more than $500 million in additional economic output to Montana’s economy each year and generates approximately 5,000 new jobs. The program provides health coverage for approximately 94,000 Montanans. Although Montana pays for a share of this new coverage, the study also … Continued
This report explores Medicaid’s new role as the primary payer for substance use disorder services in Montana. This new role is a direct result of Montana’s 2016 Medicaid expansion to cover most low-income adults in the State. The report offers strategies that the Medicaid program may pursue in this new role to improve substance use … Continued
This report looks at the impact of an Affordable Care Act repeal on American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs). This report, authored by Dr. Donald Warne at North Dakota State University, in partnership with the National Indian Health Board, highlights the specific effects of an ACA repeal. Support for the research and data collection associated … Continued
This report projects that over 71,000 newly insured Montanans could lose access to medical care and that the state could lose over $284 million in critical health care funding if Congress repeals the Medicaid expansion. The Affordable Care Act allowed states to extend Medicaid coverage to adults with incomes up to 138% of the federal … Continued
This report projected that if the American Health Care Act as enacted, Montana’s Medicaid program could lose $4.8 billion in federal funding, and more than 70,000 adults enrolled through the recent Medicaid expansion could lose coverage by 2026. The analysis, conducted by Manatt Health and commissioned by MHCF, takes an in-depth look at the U.S. … Continued
This report projected that if the Better Care Reconciliation Act (the U.S. Senate’s version of the American Health Care Act) was enacted, Montana’s Medicaid program could lose $5.3 billion in federal funding, and more than 75,000 adults enrolled through the recent Medicaid expansion could lose coverage as early as 2021. The report is an update … Continued
Alternative education programs in Montana are defined as “A ‘restructured’ academic program to serve at-risk students and operated within an accredited public school.” Twenty-eight alternative education programs that fit this definition currently exist in Montana, though there is no official tracking system for these programs, and local schools districts have full discretion over how these … Continued
Substance use disorders and mental illness are among the most serious and challenging health problems in Montana. These issues are often linked: individuals that report mental health concerns are also more likely to have problems with substance use, and vice versa. Integrated behavioral health is an evidence-based way to provide care for patients with co-occurring mental illness, substance … Continued
Over the past two decades, professionals in education, health, and human services have become more aware of the wide-ranging effects of trauma on health and well-being. Starting with the landmark Adverse Childhood Experiences study in the late 1990s, which linked the experience of potentially traumatic experiences in childhood to a wide range of long-term health … Continued
Beaverhead County Public Health Strategic Plan Community Needs Assessment Barrett Hospital-Beaverhead County Public Health MOU Blaine County Community Health Assessment Blackfeet Reservation Community Health Assessment Community Health Improvement Plan Cascade County Community Health Needs Assessment Central Montana Counties (Fergus, Judith Basin, Wheatland, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Petroleum) Community Health Assessment Community Health Improvement Plan Chouteau County … Continued