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Lincoln, Montana getting husband, wife team for reopened medical clinic

August 20, 2007 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

"We are very committed to rural medicine," added Crowell. "It’s fun and there’s a lot of diversity."

She hails from Texas, and met her husband when they were completing their medical residency training in Billings. After finishing the three-year program, they moved to New Zealand for a year and a half with their son, Foster. They returned to the states after daughter, Isabeau – or "Beau" – was born five months ago.

By EVE BYRON – IR Projects Editor

Full Story: http://helenair.com/articles/2007/08/20/helena_top/a01082007_01.txt

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Federal grant expands care in rural towns

By DIANE COCHRAN
Of The Gazette Staff

Patients will have broader access to care at medical centers in Worden, Joliet and Bridger thanks to an open-ended federal grant that will expand clinic hours and introduce sliding-fee payment options, among other changes.

The Yellowstone City-County Health Department will assume management of the clinics using a $578,000 annual increase in funding from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.

Full Story: http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/08/18/news/local/27-grantcare.txt