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The state hospital in Warm Springs is seeing a 72% vacancy rate for registered nurse positions, 62% for psychiatric technicians and 54% for forensic mental health technicians. The hospital has been relying on higher-paid contract workers to help fill the void.
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The Montana State Hospital has received an extension to work out a possible deal with federal health officials to prevent the loss of Medicare funding.
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Federal inspectors recently found that some patients at the Montana State Hospital fell repeatedly and the facility failed to implement COVID-19 mitigation measures, resulting in patient deaths.
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Federal inspectors found that the Montana State Hospital failed to prevent serious falls and didn’t implement COVID-19 mitigation strategies. Three COVID-19 patient infections resulted in death. The hospital has until March 13 to correct the issues or it could lose federal Medicare funding.
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Montana’s health department was dealt a major blow in late 2017, when the agency was forced to cut almost $50 million to help balance the state…
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Disciplinary actions against the former medical director of the state-run Montana Chemical Dependency Center in Butte are taking another step forward now…
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New details are emerging about a doctor who has just been suspended from the State Hospital at Warm Springs and Montana Chemical Dependence Center in…
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Governor Steve Bullock announced that 16 Montana counties have received a total of almost $2 million in state funding to help keep the mentally ill out of…
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The Children, Families, Health and Human Services interim Committee spent months studying several issues, including mental health services. That panel’s…
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Montana lawmakers moved a step closer Wednesday to making sure that mentally ill people have somewhere to go before they’re discharged from the state…