IDAHO — Multiple behavioral health providers are suing the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare over a billing change to Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) that the providers say effectively ends the bundled ACT benefit for Medicaid patients.

The ACT program serves individuals with "severe mental illness" who are deemed a threat to themselves or those around them. It is described as a "last resort" treatment for patients.

According to the legal document, the plaintiffs claim that without the ACT program, patients are at elevated risk of ending up in hospitals, homeless services, or criminal custody.

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The petition cites that the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reduced Medica

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