Idaho EVV requirements, explained

Yes. Under the federal 21st Century Cures Act, Idaho Medicaid requires electronic visit verification for personal care and home-and-community-based services that involve an in-home visit. Idaho's mandate has been in effect since 2021, and non-compliant providers risk reimbursement disruption.

The type of service performed; the individual receiving the service; the date of the service; the location of service delivery; the individual providing the service; and the time the service begins and ends. All six must be captured electronically for each visit.

Idaho lets agencies choose their own EVV system rather than mandating a single state vendor — as long as the system meets Idaho Medicaid's minimum requirements and integrates with the state's aggregator, operated by Sandata. Your vendor's visit data must reach that aggregator.

Personal care and attendant-style services delivered in the home — commonly including attendant care, homemaker, respite delivered by personal assistance agencies, and personal care services. Confirm the current covered-service list for your specific program with Idaho Medicaid, as codes and programs are updated.

The Cures Act requires electronically verifying the location of service; GPS from a caregiver's mobile app is the strongest and most common method. Geofencing — restricting clock-in to a boundary around the client's home — goes beyond the minimum and gives agencies audit-grade evidence rather than just a recorded coordinate.

It must be corrected through a documented process before it feeds billing — with the reason logged. Agencies should review flagged visits (out-of-range clock-ins, missed punches, duplicate coordinates) promptly; a clean correction trail is exactly what payers and surveyors look for.

• Every in-scope visit captures all six data points electronically — no paper backfill.
• Location verification is automatic (GPS/geofence), not typed in by the caregiver.
• Your EVV system's data reaches the Sandata aggregator for Idaho Medicaid.
• Flagged or missed visits go through a logged correction process before billing.
• Records are exportable on demand — surveys and payer audits ask for them.