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Utilizing Managed Care Practices, CDC

From the Results section of the Auditor's report:
The department is required to provide medically necessary health care to inmates. In 1992, the department established a health care services division, whose mission is to manage and deliver health care statewide to the inmate population consistent with adopted standards for quality and scope of services within a custodial environment. The health care services division oversees the delivery of medical, dental, and psychiatric services at the institutions. To accomplish its mission, the division operates four licensed hospitals, a skilled nursing facility, 16 correctional treatment centers (CTCs), and 12 outpatient housing units. Each licensed hospital provides 24-hour acute care services to patients who require a high level of care. These hospitals offer medical, nursing, surgical, anesthesia, laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, and dietary services...

Posted: January 1, 2000
Subject: Audits, Financial Affairs  Doc type: Reports  Author: BSA
Tags: health care, audit, bsa, cdc