Helena VA Clinic
The Helena VA Sleep Clinic specializes sleep medicine service diagnoses and treats your sleep problems, including trouble sleeping, breathing difficulties while sleeping, snoring, teeth grinding and jaw clenching.
Location and contact information
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Clinical hours
- Mon: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Tue: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Wed: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Thu: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Fri: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Sat: Closed
- Sun: Closed
Prepare for your visit
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Pre-Screening:
Pre-screening is not required for Montana VA staff, contractors, patients, volunteers, and visitors.
Mask Wear is Optional, except in “High Risk” areas:
By direction of the VHA, anyone entering a VHA facility has the option to wear a mask indoors as long as they are not in a “High Risk” area or symptomatic.
High risk areas include:
• Infusion clinic and its waiting areas
• Emergency Department and its waiting areas
• Individual patient rooms in the ICU (staff and visitors only),
• The Community Living Center (staff and visitors only. Residents do not need to wear masks).
Signs indicating a “High Risk” area will be displayed.
Medical grade masks should be provided at each Montana VA “High Risk” location. All masks provided by MTVAHCS are FDA approved.
The Montana VA also requires any person with a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection or other viral respiratory infection to wear a mask.
Mask Courtesy:
At Montana VA, we all share in the responsibility of keeping Veterans, staff, and visitors safe. If a patient or visitor asks for a Montana VA staff to wear a mask in a clinical setting, all employees are required to wear a mask.
How to prepare
● Please bathe the day of your study. Hair should be clean and dry. Do not use any styling products. Do not use body lotions or oils.
● Men: if you usually shave, it is helpful if you shave before your study.
● Avoid napping the day of your study.
● Avoid caffeine after 2 p.m. the day of the study.
● Do not wear cologne, aftershave, or other scented products as some veterans and staff are sensitive or allergic to fragrances and chemical odors.
What to bring
● Your own medications. This is an outpatient test, and we are unable to provide any medications for you. Do not take any of your medications that make you drowsy until talking to your technician.
● Pajamas –You must wear a top and bottom to bed. A T-shirt and either outerwear shorts or pajama bottoms are fine. (Wearing underwear only or sleeping nude is not permitted.)
● If you wear CPAP or BiPAP, bring your machine, power cord, mask, headgear, and hose. Be sure the humidifier chamber is empty before packing.
● You may bring your own pillow for comfort if you wish.
● Your completed sleep questionnaires
Cost: Free
Wheelchair availability: Helena VA Clinic has wheelchairs available upon arrival for patients who need them to access the building.
Van services for Veterans
DAV vans
Hours: individual van schedules vary
We work with Disabled American Veterans and county Veterans Affairs directors to provide transportation for Veterans and authorized caregivers to get to scheduled medical appointments.
Non-DAV van services
Many localities in the region provide other van services to Veterans.
Learn more about DAV and the other van services available in your county
Beneficiary travel
Beneficiary travel benefits include round-trip transportation from your home to the medical center, mileage reimbursement, or special mode transport.
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Sleep medicine
The sleep medicine service diagnoses and treats your sleep problems, including trouble sleeping, breathing difficulties while sleeping, snoring, teeth grinding and jaw clenching.
Contact information
Hours
- Mon. 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Tue. 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Wed. 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Thu. 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Fri. 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Sat. Closed
- Sun. Closed
Main Phone
Appointments
Contact us to schedule, reschedule, or cancel your appointment. If a referral is required, you’ll need to contact your primary care provider first.
Main Phone
Referral required? Yes
Walk-ins accepted? No
At the Montana VA Sleep Disorders Center our sleep specialists can:
- Conduct sleep tests either at home or in the lab as determined by a sleep provider
- Diagnose and treat sleep apnea and other sleep disorders
- Monitor your blood oxygen levels
- Monitor your heart rate and rhythm
- Evaluate possible causes for your excessive sleepiness
- Work with your doctors if you need surgery or dental appliances to help you get a good night’s sleep
- CPAP support and compliance is available at several sites across the state.
More information about the VA Montana Sleep Disorders Center