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How The Pandemic Is Changing Remote Mental Health CareWhen COVID-19 first closed behavioral health clinics, therapy moved online right away. Now 11 months into the pandemic, Idaho Matters talks with one…
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It’s time to go back to school. That has parents juggling a thousand details. For some kiddos, it’s a time of worry and anxiety. How can kids and parents…
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Idaho Matters talks with Optum Idaho Medical Director Dr. Ron Larsen about the connections between sound mental health and physical fitness.
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Making New Year's resolutions is easy. Keeping them is another story. Idaho Matters speaks with Optum Idaho about the best way to stick to those…
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October 27 is the Drug Enforcement Administration's National Drug Take Back Day and Idaho Matters looks at safe ways to dispose of pharmaceutical…
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Idaho Matters examines trends in suicide rates among America's senior population. Our guest, Ron Larsen, from Optum Idaho, looks at the impact here in the…
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Idaho lawmakers have directed their staff to spend the next nine months studying the state’s contract with Optum Idaho, the company that manages…
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The company that manages mental health services for Idaho Medicaid patients is resuming a series of mental health trainings around the state. Optum has…
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Nearly one year after lawmakers and small business owners cast a critical eye at the contractor managing mental health and substance treatment for Idaho's…
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Roy Vopal didn’t expect to live at a Boise Rescue Mission shelter in Downtown Boise this year. But the 60-year-old had a serious knee injury, then…