June 20, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says they’re out of money for Medicaid.

As a result, Medicaid payments to Idaho hospitals will be suspended for at least one week.  Those payments would have come to $13 million.  Officials will announce, by the end of the week, if payments will be delayed for another week.

This isn’t the first time Idaho stopped Medicaid payments to hospitals.  In 2010 they suspended nine weeks of payments.  Health and Welfare officials say that for some reason the majority of payment claims always come in when state Medicaid funds are at their lowest point.