Medicaid

The Montana State Hospital lost its federal certification in 2022 due to patient deaths. That decertification means the state can’t bill Medicaid or Medicare for patient services – a funding loss that has cost the state millions of dollars. State health officials plan to apply for federal recertification next year.

The state health department plans to request federal approval to enact both Medicaid work requirements and co-payments for doctor visits in September. The department opened a 60-day public comment period.

Montana is one of eleven states in the country where older adults outnumber children, according to a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau.

People on Medicare or Medicaid struggle to access mental and behavioral health services. That’s according to a new federal report.

Montana’s U.S. Senators backed President Donald Trump’s colossal tax and spending bill in a razor-thin vote July 1. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” has passed the Senate.

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the Big Beautiful Bill by July. The mega-bill aims to fund Trump’s tax cuts and other policies largely by cutting health care.

Montana has received federal approval to provide Medicaid-funded housing services to assist those with behavioral health needs find housing.

The U.S. House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act as it’s been named. To pay for President Donald Trump’s major priorities like tax cuts and border security, lawmakers are targeting health care spending.

With Montana’s Medicaid expansion program renewed, the conversation in the Legislature has shifted to work requirements. A bill would expand the number of people subject to those rules.

Montana’s Medicaid expansion program has officially been renewed. Gov. Greg Gianforte signed legislation Thursday that will keep the existing program in place.