Montana Medical Association

HELENA -- As the cost of prescription drugs continues to rise, one bill moving through the Montana Legislature would require pharmaceutical manufacturers…

In 2017, the state Department of Public Health and Human Services reported that approximately 100 babies every year experience drug withdrawal in…

HELENA — Opponents are lining up against a proposed 50-percent tax on vaping products.Twelve people testified against Senate Bill 96 on Tuesday. They…

Montana’s Medicaid expansion program, which provides more than 93,000 people in the state health coverage, expires in just over a year. Campaigns are now…

A lifesaving drug that can reverse opioid overdoses is now more widely available in Montana. State health officials today highlighted that, thanks to a…

Nurses, hospitals and other health care providers are holding a public forum on the proposed Senate health care bill Thursday, July 6 in Helena. It’s…

There's a new effort underway in the state to better connect hospitals, doctors' offices and other health care providers. Like, through the internet.…

A lot of the major players in health care in Montana got together today to work on sharing patient data digitally.At a meeting convened by the Montana…

When Bob Mason decided to end his life with a self-inflicted gunshot, his pain helped him pull the trigger.Mason died in January. He was 67 years old. His…

Over the past two decades, the rate of overdose deaths from prescription painkillers known as opioids has quadrupled in the United States. Federal…