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State psychiatric hospitals accredited; billing changes and staffing drive budget requests
Summary
Committee heard that all three Idaho state psychiatric hospitals are accredited and beginning Medicaid billing, but changes in patient stays, civil-commitment costs and staffing needs are driving supplemental and receipt‑authority requests.
Alex Williamson, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, reviewed the Division of Psychiatric Hospitalization budget (pages 2-097) and said the division is authorized for 467 FTP across State Hospital South (Blackfoot), State Hospital North (Orofino) and State Hospital West (Nampa).
The hospitals recently completed accreditation and are billing Medicaid for eligible stays. "We are pleased that all three facilities are now accredited," Alex Adams, director of the Department of Health and Welfare, told the committee. He said accreditation lets hospitals bill Medicaid (increasing federal receipts) and that State Hospital West has billed about $1.6 million and already received $1.3 million in receipts tied to billing.
Why it matters: accreditation changes federal reimbursement dynamics. The department requested receipt authority to spend billing receipts and a set of supplemental and fund‑shift requests tied to changes in…
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