Kootenai Medical Center v. Idaho Department of Health & Welfare

HORTON, Justice.

This appeal consists of three consolidated eases arising from petitions for judicial review of orders issued by Appellant Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (the Department). Respondent Kootenai Medical Center (KMC), through its Northern Idaho Behavioral Health Unit (NIBH), provided inpatient psychiatric care under Idaho’s Medicaid program. The Department denied KMC at least some portion of Medicaid reimbursement in all three cases. KMC appealed the Department’s reimbursement decisions and filed petitions for judicial review with the district court. The district court…