Jennifer Mitchell remembered getting a call nearly two years ago that her 69-year-old husband, Bill, had crashed his car and had been committed to the Montana State Hospital, the state-run ...

Roughly six months before its goal of applying for federal certification of the Montana State Hospital, the state health department is again juggling turnover in key leadership positions at the ...

Federal inspectors could be preparing to place the state psychiatric facility on "immediate jeopardy" status, the most serious deficiency designation that carries serious sanctions for facilities ...

HELENA, Mont.HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s state psychiatric hospital has been so poorly run for decades that patients are unsafe and not treated with dignity and respect, which combined with a ...

Warm Springs-based Montana State Hospital is being sued over alleged neglect that contributed to the deaths of two patients, Montana Free Press reported Nov. 1. The lawsuit, filed Oct. 31 ...

HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s frayed behavioral health care system, still recovering from the effects of past budget cuts, will get a shot in the arm after state lawmakers approved sweeping ...

It comes two years after a state audit called on the department to play more of a watchdog role and nine months after a KHN investigation found some of Montana's wealthiest hospitals lag behind ...

Longtime lawmaker Ed Buttrey, a Republican in Great Falls, has been selected as the next CEO of the Montana Hospital ...

Greg Gianforte’s administration is looking into moving a facility for people with developmental disabilities, beefing up renovations at the Montana State Hospital and creating a Helena unit of ...