Which long COVID clinics are there in Montana State, when you suffer from post COVID, you need to seek help from a doctor.
Every Post COVID Care facility offers different services and access to specialists. We have labeled each according to services offered: Multidisciplinary Long-Term Recovery (most comprehensive), Rehabilitation & Therapy (focus on rehabilitation) and Acute COVID-19 Recovery (focus on improved function after severe illness or hospitalization, often in-patient services).

Billings

Advanced Care Hospital of Montana
3528 Gabel Road, Billings, MT 59102

Acute COVID-19 Recovery

The Advanced Care Hospital of Montana is committed to providing care for post-COVID patients needing long-term 24hr care management through:

  • Nursing Care

  • Respiratory Care

  • Daily Physician Management

  • Speech, memory and cognitive therapy

  • Physical therapy

  • Occupational therapy

  • Pain management

  • Dysphagia management/Swallowing therapy

  • Ventilator weaning.

To make an appointment: Call 406-373-8000.

Great Falls

Benefis Health System Post-COVID-19 Recovery Program
1101 26th Street South, Great Falls, Montana 59405

Multidisciplinary Long-Term Recovery

Benefis Health System has developed the Post-COVID-19 Recovery Program to provide specialized care and follow-up for Montanans recovering from COVID-19. While the long-term effects of COVID are still unknown, Benefis Health System is working to address the issues of COVID-19 aftercare by bringing together a team from a broad range of specialties. By doing so, they will be able to provide patients access to specialists who have been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The goal of the Program is to educate and provide resources to the potentially 10,000 Montanans who continue to have ongoing symptoms related to COVID-19. Because COVID-19 acts differently in many people, this multidisciplinary team will work together for the patient’s recovery. The team may include staff members from a wide range of specialties, including primary care, pulmonary, cardiology, infectious disease, gastroenterology, physical and occupational therapy, speech language pathology, ear, nose, and throat, neurology, mental health, and pharmacy.

To start, patients will undergo an initial one-hour virtual visit where their personal, health, and rehabilitation needs will be evaluated. After the assessment, the Program may recommend further testing along with consultations with specialty providers as needed. Every phase of care will be communicated to and coordinated with the patient, caregivers, and the patient’s primary care provider.

The Post-COVID-19 program is open to “long hauler” patients of any age. Symptoms may include ongoing fever, fatigue, breathlessness, renal and cardiovascular impairments, blood clots, muscle pain, depression, and other persistent physical and psychological effects. Referrals are welcome for all patients who have recovered from COVID-19 and are still experiencing lingering health issues. If you don’t have a primary care provider, you can self-refer, and you will get established with a Benefis provider.

To make an appointment: Fill out the online form or call (406) 455-5000.

Virtual

Intermountain Healthcare Pediatric Long COVID Navigation Clinic
For residents of Utah, Nevada, Idaho and Montana

Pediatric Multidisciplinary Long-Term Recovery

The Pediatric Long COVID Navigation Clinic opened in April 2022 to support pediatric patients with Long COVID. The Clinic reviews the work-ups that patients have had thus far and help facilitate evaluation to rule out other potential causes of a patient’s symptoms. To do this, they refer patients to specialist care as needed. The Clinic also assists in the management of symptoms with a goal of returning patients to regular activities and school.

This a telehealth clinic that can virtually see patients under 18 years old in Utah, Nevada, Idaho and Montana. (The clinic hopes to see patients from Wyoming soon.) Once the patient’s referral has been submitted, a patient scheduler will call to schedule the patient in this virtual clinic. Both the patient and parent need to be present on the telehealth visit. 

What to Expect:

  1. A preclinic survey will be sent to the email address provided. This must be completed 3 days before to the patient’s appointment in entirety; this helps the team to focus the visit on the symptoms the patient is experiencing and optimize time for counseling and care management.

  2. The clinic’s medical assistant will call 15 minutes prior to the appointment to check the patient in and obtain additional information needed for the visit.

  3. A link will be sent to the family to access the telehealth visit.

  4. The Nurse Practitioner will join the call. A thorough evaluation to assess your child’s symptoms will be performed. Based on symptoms, referrals may be placed to other pediatric specialists and may include (among others):

    • Cardiology

    • Pulmonology and sleep medicine

    • Behavioral Health

    • Rheumatology

    • Neurology

    • Gastroenterology

    • Integrative Medicine

    • Speech Language Pathology

    • Physical Therapy

    • Lifestyle modifications will also be recommended to assist in the daily management of symptoms.

To make an appointment: Patients need to be referred by their pediatrician or health care provider.

Providers: To refer patients, please send a referral electronically through iCentra or via fax at 385-297-2750. 

Contact Physician: Dongngan Truong, MD