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4 Strategies That are Being Implemented to Aid Cost-Containment in Healthcare for Incarcerated Offenders
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/08/2013 - 11:39
- Employ telehealth technologies—video conferencing and digitally transmitted diagnostic data
- Implement outsourcing agreements that ensure the quality of care and control costs.
- Enroll eligible prisoners in Medicaid and billing the program for qualifying services
- Use medical or geriatric parole policies to release offenders who are deemed too sick or frail to pose a public safety risk.
Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts
Source URL: http://www.pewstates.org/research/reports/managing-prison-he...
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