STAYING HEALTHY

STAYING

With most residents leading active outdoor lifestyles, health has always been a core value in the Gallatin Valley.

The COVID-19 pandemic has only made it more apparent how imperative it is that we tend to our health care needs.

Fortunately, we have plenty of resources for pursuing wellness, and more health care options are on the way to keep up with

Bozeman’s rapid population growth. Billings Clinic is set to finish its new 58-acre campus in 2022, adding an ambulatory destination center, surgery center and urgent care. Bozeman Health, the valley’s largest employer, is also planning expansions to its hospital system, including plans to build an inpatient psychiatric unit to bolster the

Gallatin Valley’s behavioral health care.

This means more options and more providers available to answer your questions and get you the care you need. In addition to the larger health care systems, Gallatin County has a number of smaller clinics and urgent care providers to meet your needs.

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Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital on Highland Boulevard is a nonprofit, community hospital with nearly 200 physicians on staff from 42 different specialties. It’s a 125-bed DNV GL accredited hospital and a verified Level III Trauma Center. It has an accredited cancer center and a designated Blue Distinction Center Plus for maternity care and a designated Blue Distinction Center for knee and hip replacement by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana. Other specialty practices include (but are not limited to) cardiology, geriatrics and palliative medicine, gastroenterology, rheumatology, neurology, travel medicine and infectious disease, pulmonary medicine, sleep medicine, and urology. Bozeman Health recently announced plans to build a 12-bed inpatient psychiatric unit, which would be the first mental health care beds inside a medical facility in the county. Newer additions to the hospital include a new Intensive Care Unit, which doubled its capacity to 20 beds, and a neonatal intensive care unit and family birth center. Both additions opened in late 2020. Bozeman Health Medical Group is Gallatin Valley’s largest health care provider and largest employer with about 2,400 employees. Bozeman Health operates Deaconess Hospital, Big Sky Medical Center, Belgrade Clinic + Urgent Care, Bozeman Health Cottonwood Clinic + Surgery Center, Hillcrest Senior Living, and its b2 Urgent Care and b2 MicroCare clinics.

BILLINGS CLINIC —

Billings Clinic, Montana’s largest health care provider, has owned a 58-acre chunk of land in west Bozeman since 2016. It is nearly completed with its plans to build an Ambulatory Destination Center which will include a one-story surgery center, urgent care, pharmacy and outpatient surgical services at East Valley Center Road and North 27th Avenue. Once completed it will also house Billings Clinic Bozeman OB-GYN and Billings Clinic Bozeman Pediatrics. Work on the ambulatory center and surgery center began in 2021, and is expected to wrap up sometime in 2022. In the meantime, some of Billings Clinics other services already located in Bozeman, like its OB-GYN office, have been moved to the Billings Clinic Bozeman campus in temporary clinic modulars. Billings Clinic has 13 regional partnerships and is a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. It’s governed by a board of community members, nurses and physicians and employs over 4,700 people statewide.

COMMUNITY HEALTH

PARTNERS —

Belgrade, Livingston and West Yellowstone. They offer medical and behavioral health care, and dental services in Bozeman and Livingston. All CHP clinics accept Medicaid and Medicare, Healthy Montana Kids, private insurance and a sliding fee scale for patients who don’t have insurance. CHP was originally founded to benefit underserved and uninsured people. CHP has expanded its mental health care offerings by incorporating telehealth into its practice to connect patients to licensed counselors and a psychiatric nurse practitioner consultant. CHP also has a pharmacy with Medication Assistance Program coordinators who work to help patients gain access to affordable medications. CHP operates under the belief that wellness lies within the mind, body and spirit

GALLATIN CITY-COUNTY HEALTH

DEPARTMENT —

The county health department located in Bozeman offers a variety of services like prenatal and parenting classes, immunizations, cancer screening, water quality inspections and connection to local programs that can provide mental health care and housing support. The health department is the general hub for all information related to COVID-19, including providing up-to-date and reliable information on COVID-19 testing locations and vaccine clinics. The health department aims to provide resources, information and access to health care to empower healthy living. More information can be found at healthygallatin.org.

COVID-19 —

Two years into the start of the pandemic, finding reliable COVID-19 information can still be a challenge. The Gallatin City-County Health Department should be your first step to finding accurate information related to COVID-19. The health department monitors the number of active COVID-19 cases in the county, can administer vaccines and COVID-19 tests and distribute at-home test kits. The health department has a general line for inquiries, 406-582-3100, and a COVID-19 call center at 406-548-0123. Information is also regularly updated on healthygallatin.org. The health department is located at 215 W. Mendenhall St. in Bozeman. Bozeman Health has also offered a host of ways to get a COVID-19 test or vaccine at its facilities. COVID-19 information can be found on its website at bozemanhealth. org. Generally, students, staff and faculty with Montana State University have access to COVID-19 tests and vaccines on campus. Information can be found online at montana.edu.

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