June 24, 2009
State gets cheaper prison doctors
California's "prison czar," Federal Receiver J. Clark Kelso, says he's hammered out new deals to get physicians for the state's prisons at a cheaper rate — $201.50 an hour.
That compares to previous contracts that had California taxpayers shelling out as much as $414 an hour for a physician, he says.
Two of the three new contracts are between California Prison Health Care Services and their largest physician registry providers — NOAH Inc. and Registry of Physician Specialist Inc. The third is with South Shores Medical Group Inc., which is also expected to be one of the largest providers in the coming year…
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