The state’s only psychiatric hospital for adults won’t apply for federal recertification for at least another year. Construction at the Montana State Hospital is holding up the process.
The hospital lost certification from the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid in 2022 due to patient deaths. That means the state has been unable to bill Medicaid or Medicare. That has cost the state tens of millions of dollars.
State health department director Charlie Brereton had previously said the state hospital would apply for recertification by the end of this year.
But he told state lawmakers this week the hospital can’t apply until remodeling projects at the facility are done sometime in 2025.
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- Bill would split the state health department into two agencies
- Proposal would fund a new facility for defendants with severe mental illness
- Montanans with severe mental illness face a cycle of crisis and homelessness
- Bill on court-ordered psychiatric commitments tabled
- Health officials push for support facilities for discharged State Hospital patients
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- Lawmakers reject proposed changes to state hospital commitments
- Montana State Hospital enlists new leadership as it seeks federal recertification
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