Idaho Medicaid Gains Six-Month Extension For Its Behavioral Health Transformation Waiver

On March 31, 2025, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) Medicaid program received a temporary six-month extension from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the Idaho Behavioral Health Transformation Medicaid section 1115 demonstration waiver. Without the temporary extension, the waiver would have ended that same day. During the six-month extension period, the waiver’s current special terms and conditions (STCs) and expenditure authorities will continue to apply. Per-member per-month amounts (as of Demonstration Year 5) will continue to apply as described in the STCs until September 30, 2025, or until the . . .