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Transparency scorecard

Montana

Grade F

15/100 points · Ranked #46 of 51 jurisdictions. Agency: Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services.

Score breakdown

Record depth
Public feed is roster-only — no per-visit inspection history published.
0/25
Downloadable data
Data is reachable via a public search form or portal API, not a bulk dump.
10/20
Severity levels
State does not publish a usable severity/risk tier for citations.
0/15
Complaints published
No public complaint docket in the imported feed.
0/15
% with any inspection
Roster-only feed — providers lack inspection files by design.
0/15
Access friction
Partial barriers (gated PDFs, quotas, or incomplete structured fields).
5/10

ArcGIS roster plus visit metadata; violation narratives require PDF parse; PDFs auth-gated.

What this grade means

Where it falls short: No structured violation narratives without PDF parsing behind auth.

Browse Montana providers on KinderFax. Official portal: MAQCS Provider Search + ArcGIS roster. Download the national CSV: transparency-scorecard.csv.