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To be eligible for these new grants, mental health professionals would be required to choose to serve in a rural part of the state.
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The Grand Rapids chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness hosts a free webinar Thursday, Jan. 11, about the new program with Dr. Scott Zeller.
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The termination of the contract, effective at the end of this year, was expected to impact about 700 Lakeview Behavioral Health patients enrolled in Itasca County's public insurance provider.
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As a Grand Rapids-based EMT, Simon Gretton sees the needs firsthand during calls. And mental illness and substance use factor into many of them, he said.
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Counties in Northern Minnesota, including Carlton County, have some of the highest suicide rates in the state. The event is free, does not require registration and is open to all.
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The Northern St. Louis County Mental Health Local Advisory Council is hosting a forum as an opportunity for people to provide input to county commissioners and staff from Public Health and Human Services.
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At least 700 IMCare enrollees are expected to be impacted. Lakeview Behavioral Health is a for-profit mental health provider offering outpatient individual and group therapy, medication-assisted therapy, and substance use disorder treatment.
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As IMCare, Itasca County's sole carrier of public health insurance, plans to terminate its in-network contract with Lakeview Behavioral Health, many share concerns about continuity of care for patients.
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Plus mediation for Essentia Health and the city of Fosston over a pause in obstetric care, a robust wild rice season in Northern Minnesota, and a land transfer from the city of Minneapolis to the Red Lake Nation.
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Plus the Polk County Sheriff's Office discovers a body near an abandoned vehicle, a case against three Line 3 protesters in Aitkin County is dismissed by a judge, a Cass County K-9 suffers injury during a pursuit, and Mission Township terminates its fire chief because of fiscal and financial irregularities.