Menopause Specialists Who Accept Medicare in Montana
35 practitioners have an office in Montana, and 58 more can see patients here by telehealth. 65 of them are certified by the Menopause Society, and the most are in Bozeman, Missoula and Billings.
Kalispell OB/GYN is the longest running private OB/GYN practice in the Flathead Valley and moved to a new office at The Falls in 2022. The team is one physician and three mid level providers, and Shanahan is the only one of the four with a menopause certification. The practice says it provides menopause care including individualized hormone therapy when appropriate, and it also does early obstetrics up to twelve weeks and the full range of gynecology. Shanahan came to women's health through a county family planning department and has worked as a nurse practitioner since 1987. She is also a registered sonographer, and she wrote the practice's magazine column on bladder leakage, which describes vaginal estrogen and pessary fitting as options women come in for. The practice tells readers it does not use hormone blood tests to decide treatment and goes by symptoms instead.
Anita Bekker is one of three providers in the OB/GYN department at Northern Montana Health Care, a not-for-profit critical access hospital system in Havre. She sees patients at the Family Medical Center alongside two board certified obstetrician gynecologists. The department covers the whole range of women's health, from pregnancy and delivery through menopause, and it names menopause and hormone management among its gynecologic services. She is a family nurse practitioner who also holds a doctorate in nursing practice, with more than sixteen years of professional experience. Her profile says she looks past the current illness to treat the whole patient, and she puts weight on prevention and health education. The department also treats bladder problems and publishes a bladder symptom questionnaire patients can download before they come in.
