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Abstract: 

The corrections industry has an alternative to the privatization of medical services or the more risky self-management models followed in the majority of US jails and prisons. Currently, approximately 2.4 million inmates are housed in American correctional facilities, about 1 out of 110 citizens. Although this is the only segment of the US population with a constitutional right to receive adequate physical and mental health care, the medical department is one of the most heavily scrutinized parts of a correctional facility. Correctional facilities must provide adequate and timely care that meets community standards for acute, serious, and chronic medical and mental health conditions. However, a properly designed self-management model helps to manage that cost and provide a transparent, fee-for-service rendered product.

Keywords: offsite visits, inflation, staff, pharmaceuticals, services, lawsuits, demographics, telepsychiatry

Affiliations:  1: MEDIKO PC.