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Department seeks external quality‑review funding; behavioral health managed‑care launch prompted system fixes and vendor issues
Summary
Analysts requested federal and state funding for external quality review and for additional system configuration tied to the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan (IBHP) contract; department staff acknowledged initial provider payment problems with the new managed‑care vendor but said major issues have been resolved.
House and Senate appropriators were asked to approve funding to meet federal external quality review requirements for Idaho’s managed care programs and to cover system configuration costs arising from the state’s new Idaho Behavioral Health Plan (IBHP) managed‑care contract.
Alex Williamson told the committee a $1.35 million request would allow the department to complete system configuration changes and onboarding of a new vendor for the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan, and that earlier RFPs for the external quality review failed to attract responses because…
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