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Community Benefit is a program at Providence Health & Services that provides support to the community.

"Some of the ways we do that is in the free, and discounted services we provide, to those who unable to pay for health care," explains Merry Hutton, regional director of at Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. "Others are subsidized services we provide, and the uncompensated costs around government-sponsored programs, like Medicaid; we make sure people have access to health care services through enrollment activities around Medicaid expansion or the Affordable Care Act. We also provide programs, like Mental Health, and also assist for victims of sexual assault and violence."

Since 2010, Providence has also worked with community partners in Western Montana to conduct Community Needs Assessments.

"This is so that we know what our community needs are," says Merry. "Then we can create programs and services to address them."

Two such programs are efforts to address childhood obesity and suicide prevention.

To learn more about how Providence provides health and wellness support in Western Montana through Community Benefit, visit http://communitybenefit.providence.or...