State hospitals accredited; department requests civil-commitment supplemental after billing and bed-shift changes
Analysts said all three state hospitals have achieved accreditation, enabling Medicaid billing that reduced general-fund exposure; the Department of Health and Welfare asked for a $2.6 million one-time supplemental to cover rising civil-commitment (mental-hold) costs tied to policy changes from 2022.
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Alex Williamson, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, reviewed the Division of Psychiatric Hospitalization budget and told the committee that all three state hospitals — State Hospital North (Orofino), State Hospital South (Blackfoot) and State Hospital West (Nampa) — are shown on the hospital roster and that recent accreditations affected billing patterns.
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