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HRD highlights PRISM for Moms, primary‑care redesign and extended postpartum coverage; staffing and CHIP enrollment also discussed
Summary
HRD presented program‑level work including PRISM perinatal psychiatric consults, integration into a statewide psychiatric access line, a primary‑care value‑based redesign project, extended postpartum coverage data, and a reorganization that shifted Big Sky Rx out of HRD.
Mary Lemieux, HRD administrator, and other department staff told the subcommittee about program initiatives and recent operational changes inside the Health Resources Division.
Why it matters: these administrative and program changes affect access to care (tele‑psychiatric consultation for perinatal and pediatric providers), continuity of primary care, and short‑term budget needs for services such as extended postpartum coverage.
Perinatal and pediatric psychiatric access: HRD described PRISM for Moms, a provider‑to‑provider psychiatric consultation line initially launched in 2021 and funded in part by a subsequent HRSA grant. Lemieux said PRISM has facilitated roughly 200 psychiatric consultations supporting about 80 unique providers and addressing 154 unique patient cases between 2021 and 2024. HRD and the Early Childhood Family Supports Division consolidated PRISM and the pediatric…
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