COCHS' Weekly Update Archive 2024
Weekly Update: December 23, 2024
Are Correctional Institutions HIPAA Covered Entities? Oversight of Correctional Healthcare Revisited; CMS FAQ: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
Abortion, ADA, Alabama, Alameda County, Armor Health, Australia, Baltimore, BOP, Buprenorphine, Butler Snow LLP, California, Canada, CDCR, Colorado, Connecticut, Cosolidated Appropriations Ace of 2024 (Section 206 (b)), COVID-19, Drones, editors-note, Education, Fentanyl, First Step Act, FOIC, Forced Labor, Fresno County, Georgia, Hepatitis C, HIPAA, HIV, ICE, Incarcerated Women, Kentucky, Lackawanna County, Maryland, Massachusetts, Maurice Monk, Mental Health, Mesa County, Methadone, NaphCare, Needle Exchange, Nevada, New York City, North Carolina, Oklahoma County, Ombudsman, Opioid Epidemic, Pamela Price, Pennsylvania, PHA Healthcare, Prop. 36, Racial Disparities, Reentry, San Diego County, Sanitation, Santa Barbare County, Scranton, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sexual Abuse, Spokane, Suicide, Transgender, Tuberculosis, Virginia, VitalCore, Washington State, Wellpath
Weekly Update: December 17, 2024
New Guidance: HRSA PIN 2024-05 Includes Pretrial Detainees In FQHCs’ Scope of Service; HHS Approves 1115 Waivers For West Virginia & North Carolina
1115 Waiver, Bankruptcy, Centurion, Colorado, Corizon, Data & Statistics, Deportation, Donald J. Trump, editors-note, GEO Group, Georgia, ICE, Jefferson County, Maryland, Medicaid, Mental Health, Minnesota, Monroe County, MOUD, New Hampshire, North Carolina, OCCJA, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Otter Tail County, Sleep Deprivation, Suicide, Tehum Care, Washington State, Wellpath, West Virginia, YesCare
Weekly Update: December 10, 2024
Medicaid Expansion/Non-Expansion States, 1115 Waivers, Section 5121 & Oversight Organizations: What does it all mean in a Trump Administration?
Alabama, Allegheny County, Arizona, ARPA, Baltimore, Bankruptcy, Bexar County, BOP, Burn, California, Centurion, Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board, CLERB, Cocaine, Colorado, Contraband, Corizon, Dartmouth Health, Dauphin County, Deliberate Indifference, Duval County, editors-note, FCI Dublin, Florida, Global Tel Link, GTL, Hawai'i, Jacksonville, Jeff Haste, Judge Laura Taylor Swain, Juveniles, Kansas City, Lockdown, Maryland, Massachusetts, Methadone, Methamphetamine, Milwaukee, Missouri, Multnomah County, Naltrexone, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York City, OCCJA, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Pima County, Pittsburgh, Prime Care Medical, Protest, Reentry, Rikers Island, San Diego County, Santa Barbara County, Sexual Abuse, Staffing Shortage, Suboxone, Suicide, TBI, TCJS, Tehum Care, Texas, Texas Commission On Jail Standards, TouchPay, Traumatic Brain Injury, Tuberculosis, ViaPath, Virginia, Wellpath, Wisconsin, Women, YesCare
Weekly Update: November 26, 2024
Is Medicaid the answer to the tangled mess of correctional healthcare? HRSA Announces $52 Million Grant to Health Centers For Reentry
ADA, ADHD, Alabama, Alaska, Buffalo, Buprenorphine, Centurion, Co-Responder, Colorado, Connecticut, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CoreCivic, Corizon, Delaware, Doj, editors-note, Education, Erie County, Florida, GEO Group, Georgia, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Hospice, HRSA, Juveniles, Kansas, MAT, Medicaid Expansion, Methadone, Milwaukee, Mortality, MOUD, Nebraska, Nevada, New York State, Non-Delegable Duty Doctrine, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ombudsman, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Pennsylvania, PREA, PrimeCare Medical, Rhode Island, Sexual Abuse, Staffing Shortage, Staffing Shortages, Suicide, Telmate, TouchPay, Turn Key Health Clinic, University Of Cincinnati Medical Center, Utah, ViaPath, VitalCore, Wisconsin, Women, YesCare
Weekly Update: November 19, 2024
Alameda County Indicts Correctional & Medical Staff; Election Impact: Medicaid As Block Grant? Continuing Story: Wellpath Bankruptcy
1115 Waiver, AIDS, Aventiv Technologies, Bankruptcy, California, Climate Change, Correct Care Solutions, Doj, editors-note, Food, Fulton County, Georgia, Global Tel Link, GTL, H.I.G Capital, Heatwave, HIV, Illinois, Involuntary Servitude, Juveniles, Mecklenburg Count, Medicaid, Monterey, Nevada, Nutrition, Oregon, Pennsylvania, PrimeCare Medical, Slavery, South Carolina, Vermont, ViaPath, Washington State, Wellpath, Wexford
Weekly Update: November 12, 2024
Wellpath Bankruptcy Rumblings: Following Corizon In Dodging Accountability? Election Outcome: Medicaid, Drug Policy, & Immigrant Detention
1115 Waivers, Alaska, Albert Kligman, Arkansas, Atlanta, Aventiv, BOP, Buprenorphine, California, Colorado, Colorado Spring, Contraband, CoreCivic, Corizon Health, Correctional Healthcare Partners, Deliberate Indifference, Denver, Dr. Peter Freedland, El Paso County, EMS, Fentanyl, First Nation People, Florida, Fulton County, GEO Group, Georgia, Geriatric, H.I.G, Hawai'i, Hennepin County, ICE, Illinois, Inyo County, Kansas, Kern County, Lawsuit, Los Angeles County, Medi-Cal, Medicaid, Medical Experiment, Men's Central Jail, Mental Health, Methadone, Metropolitan Detention Center, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Naloxone, NaphCare, North Carolina, Nursing, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Overcrowding, Overdose, Pennsylvania, Peoria County, Racial Disparities, Receiver, Restraint Chair, Rikers Island, Riverside County, Santa Clara County, SB 1132, Sexual Abuse, South Carolina, Staffing Shortage, Suicide, Tehum Care, Texas, Texas Two Step, TextBehind DOCS, Turn Key Health Clinics, Unwinding, Vermont, Violence, VitalCore, Washington State, Wellpath, Women, YesCare, Yuba County
Weekly Update: October 29, 2024
Medicaid Waivers & 2024 Election Impacting Behavioral Health Costs In Corrections: From Policy & Ballot Initiatives To Operations
1115 Waivers, Alabama, Alzheimer, American Securities, Aventiv, Baltimore, California, Construction, CoreCivic, Corizon, Corrections Officer, COVID-19, Dementia, Diabetes, Diversion, Dr Marc Stern, editors-note, Florida, H.I.G, Hurricane Milton, ICSolutions, Illinois, Impetigo, Insulin, Louisiana, Maryland, Medicaid, Medical Experimentation, Mental Health, NaphCare, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Platinum Equity, Pregnancy, Prime Care Medical, Proposition 36, Racial Disparities, Recidivism, San Diego County, Scabies, Sheriff Kelly Martinez, Skin Diseases, Staffing Shortage, Tehum Care, Tennessee, Tuberculosis, Turn Key Health Clinics, ViaPath, Violence, VitalCore, Washington D.C., Washington State, Wellpath, Work Release, YesCare
Weekly Update: October 22, 2024
How Medicaid Can Change Healthcare Decision Making and Quality in Corrections
1115 Waiver, Alabama, Arizona, Baltimore, BOP, Buprenorphine, California, CFMG, Colorado, Corrections Officer, DEA, Denver, Denver Health, editors-note, El Dorado County, Fort Worth, Gov. Bobby Jindal, Grievance, HIV, Hurricane Helene, Kidney Disease, Maryland, Medicaid, Mediko, Methadone, MOUD, My Health My Resources, NAACP, Naloxone, Nebraska, North Carolina, Opioid Epidemic, Overdose, Racial Disparities, Reentry, Renovation, Tarrant County, Texas, Tuscaloosa, Vermont, VitalCore, Wellpath
Weekly Update: October 15, 2024
Medicaid & HIPAA: Implications for Proprietary Correctional Health Care Vendors and Their Handling of PHI
1115 Waiver, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Bexar County, BOP, Buprenorphine, California, Cancer, Centurion, Climate Change, Co-pay, Colorado, Contraband, CorrectCare, Correctional Officer, COVID-19, DHCS, Diabetes, Diversion, Drug Testing, editors-note, Fentanyl, Florida, Gang, Georgia, Gov. Kate Brown, Hawai'i, Heatwave, Hypothermia, Idaho, Illinois, Insulin, Los Angeles County, Louisiana, Maryland, MAT, Medicaid, Medical Records, Mental Health, MOUD, NaphCare, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Overcrowding, Overdose, Pennsylvania, Peoria County, Pregnancy, PrimeCare Medical, Rep. Paul Tonko, Rikers Island, San Antonio, San Diego County, Sen. Martin Heinrich, Sexual Abuse, Solitary Confinement, South Dakota, Staffing Shortage, Suicide, Texas, Turn Key Clinics, Washington State, Wellpath, Wexford, Wisconsin, Women
Weekly Update: October 1, 2024
NIH/JAMA Study Draws Attention to The Lack of MOUD in Corrections; Can Medicaid & 14th Amendment Rights Challenge The Status Quo?
1115 Waiver, 14th Amendment, 2024 Election, ADA, Alabama, Antidepressants, Bernalillo County, Boulder County, California, Cancer, Clearfield County, Climate Change, Colorado, Connecticut, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Contraband, Correctional Officers, Diabetes, editors-note, Florida, Heatwave, Homophobia, Hunger Strike, Illinois, Juvenile, Kentucky, Lawsuit, Los Angeles County, Louisville, MAT, Matt Mahan, Mental Health, Methadone, Mississippi, Monmuoth County, MOUD, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Pitt County, PrimeCare Medical, Proposition 36, Reentry, San Jose, Sexual Abuse, Suboxone, SUD, Suicide, Syphilis, Turn Key Health Clinics, Venereal Disease, Vermont, Wellpath, Women
Weekly Update: September 24, 2024
Deadbeat Proprietary Correctional Healthcare Vendors; JAMA: Medicaid & Justice Involved; BJA & Oklahoma Medicaid Re-entry Project; Yale & BU Studies
Airway Heights Corrections Center, Arkansas, Book Banning, BOP, California, Cardiovascular Disease, Centurion, Cleveland County, Climate Change, Co-pay, Connecticut, Contraband, Correctional Officers, Delaware, Diabetes, editors-note, Emily Wang, Fentanyl, Florida, Heatwave, Homicide, Horticulture, Hunger Strike, ICE, Illinois, Indiana, Insulin, Jails, Judge Steve Leifman, Massachusetts, Medicaid, Mendocino County, Mental Health, Metropolitan Detention Center, Miami Dade County, Missouri, Native Americans, New Mexico, Nursing, Oklahoma, Oregon, Plymouth County, Prison, Proposition 36, Proposition 47, Quality Correctional Care, Re-entry, Rikers Island, Sacramento County, San Diego County, Sexual Assault, Sheriff Jim Cooper, Solitary Confinement, South Dakota, Suicide, Transgender, Turn Key Health Clinics, Vanderburgh County, Vermont, Washington State, Wellpath, Women
Weekly Update: September 17, 2024
Proprietary Correctional Healthcare Providers: A Case Study In Oklahoma; Update: Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; More Election News
13th Amendment, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, AIDS, Alabama, Arkansas, Buprenorphine, CalAIM, California, Climate Change, Connecticut, Contraband, Corizon, Dehydration, Donald Trump, Douglas County, editors-note, El Dorado County, Fort Wayne, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Grand Prairie, Heatwave, HIV, Indiana, Involuntary Servitude, Kamala Harris, Kansas, Lawsuit, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Opioid Epidemic, Quality Correctional Care, Reentry, Santa Barbara County, Sexual Abuse, Tehum Care, Texas, Transgender, Turn Key Clinics, Violence, Virginia, Wellpath, YesCare
Weekly Update: September 10, 2024
Medicaid & 14th Amendment Due Process Rights: A new approach for improving correctional healthcare? (Election Special: Medicaid & The 2024 Election)
1115 Waiver, AIDS, Alameda County, Antibiotics, BOP, Botulism, California, Charleston, Cleveland County, Colorado, COVID-19, Democrat, Dodge County, Donald Trump, editors-note, El Dorado County, FCC, Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis, HIV, Homelessness, Illinois, Iowa, Kamala Harris, Kentucky, Life Sentence, Los Angeles County, Louisiana, Medicaid, Mental Illness, Michigan, Montana, Montgomery County, Mpox, Multnomah County, NaphCare, Nevada, New Mexico, New Orleans, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Parole, Prison Oversight Act, Recidivism, Republican, Rikers Island, Santa Barbara County, Santa Rita, Securus Technologies, Sexual Abuse, Sheriff Susan Hutson, South Carolina, Texas, Travis County, Turn Key, ViaPath, Virginia, Washington State, Waupun Correctional Institution, Wellpath, Wisconsin, Women
Weekly Update: August 27, 2024
DOJ Study Identifies Racism’s Persistence in Criminal Justice: Can Medicaid Change That? DOJ & HHS Webinar: Juvenile Justice & Medicaid; AWS Update
1115 Waiver, Allen County, Arkansas, AWS, California, Consolidated Appropriations Act, Contraband, Correctional Officers, editors-note, First Step Act, Fort Wayne, Health Disparities, Igntd, Indiana, King County, Lancaster County, Lawsuit, Lawsuits, Legionnaires Disease, Louisiana, MAT, Mental Health, Michigan, Missoula County, Montana, NaphCare, Nebraska, Opioid Epidemic, Pattern, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Racism, Recidivism, Rikers Island, San Diego County, Seattle, Staffing Shortages, Substance Abuse, Suicide, Turn Key Health, Washington State, Webinar, Wellpath
Weekly Update: August 20, 2024
Amazon In Correctional Healthcare: Medicaid and Quality Assurance Analytics; Conflicting Correctional State Health Regulations: Texas & Louisiana
1115 Waiver, ACLU, Angola, AWS, Baltimore, Bexar County, California, Centurion, Contraband, Correctional Officers, editors-note, Georgia, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Harris County, Heatwave, Homelessness, Houston, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mental Health, Michigan, NaphCare, North Carolina, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Pregnancy, San Antonio, Shawnee County, Staffing Shortage, State Regulations, Telehealth, Telepsychiatry, Texas, Texas Commission On Jail Standards, Topeka, Tuberculosis, Union, Wearables, Wellpath, Women
Weekly Update: August 13, 2024
JAMA: Co-pays In Corrections Dissuade Health Care Treatment; Medicaid A Game Changer To Help Prevent Co-pays & Care Denial
1115 Waiver, Alameda County, Atlanta, Baltimore, Birth, California, California Correctional Peace Officers Association, Care Denial, CFG Health Systems, Co-payments, Contraband, Correctional Officers, Crisis Center, editors-note, Georgia, Gov. Gavin Newsom, HIG Capital, Idaho, Lawsuits, Maryland, Mental Health, Monterey County, MOUD, Narcan, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Pregnancy, Primary Care Utilization, Reentry, Rikers Island, Santa Rita Jail, SEIU, Shelby County, Solitary Confinement, Southern Health Partners, Tennessee, Transgender, Waupan Prison, Wellpath, Wisconsin
Weekly Update: August 6, 2024
Supreme Court’s Criminalization Of Homelessness May Face Impediments: Medicaid Waivers & Section 5121 of The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023
1115 Waiver, Air Conditioning, Alabama, BOP, California, Connecticut, Correctional Officer, EPA, Epilepsy, FCI Dublin, Fentanyl, Heatwave, Illinois, Inspection, Kentucky, Lawsuit, Medicaid, Menopause, Mississippi, Monterey County, MOUD, Multnomah County, NaphCare, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Pregnancy, Senator Jon Ossoff, Tarrant County, Texas, Toxic, Washington State, Water, Wellpath
Weekly Update: July 30, 2024
Medicaid Grievance Rights In Corrections; CMS Guidance: Medicaid & Chip Services For Incarcerated Youth; New Mexico 1115 Approved
1115 Waiver, ADA, Arizona, Arkansas, Behavioral Health, Buprenorphine, California, Chickenpox, CHIP, Competency, Consolidated Appropriations Act, COVID-19, Detention Centers, Fentanyl, Georgia, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Heatwave, HIX, Illinois, Immigration, Juveniles, Louisiana, Medicaid, Michigan, Mumps, Narcan, New Mexico, New Orleans, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Pima County, PLRA, Prison Abolition, Release Date, Rikers Island, San Bernardino County, San Mateo County, Scarlet Fever, Sex Change Surgery, Solitary Confinement, South Carolina, Telemedicine, Tennessee, Traffic Stops, Tucson, ViaPath, Washington State, Wellpath
Weekly Update: July 23, 2024
Further Impact of Medicaid in Corrections: Cost of Restoration to Competency; New Hampshire’s 1115 Waiver Approved
1115 Waiver, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, BOP, California, California Department Of State Hospitals, California Health And Recovery Solutions, Colorado, Competency, Corizon, Correctional Officers, Denver, FCC, Georgia, Heatwave, Hepatitis C, HIPAA, Immigration, Metropolitan Detention Center, Monterey County, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Pregnancy, Probation, Sacramento County, Santa Barbara County, Scabies, Tarrant County, Tehum Care, Texas, Violence, Wellpath, YesCare
Weekly Update: July 16, 2024
Echoes Of Slavery In Corrections –Will Medicaid In Corrections Begin To Undo The Harm?
1115 Waiver, ADA, Arizona, BOP, Buprenorphine, California, Climate Change, Colorado, Correctional Officers, Death, Detroit, Education, Firefighters, Global Tel*Link, Hawai'i, Heatwave, Illinois, Kentucky, Managed Care, Masturbation, Mecklenburg County, Mental Health, Methadone, Metropolitan Detention Center, Missouri, Montana, Naltrexone, North Carolina, Ohio, Ombudsman, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Overwatch, Restraint Chairs, Rikers Island, Sexual Abuse, Slavery, Solitary Confinement, Staffing Shortages, Tarrant County, Texas, Utah, Vermont, ViaPath, Violence, Washington State, Wayne County, Wellpath, Wisconsin, Women
Weekly Update: July 02, 2024
1115 Waivers: The Implications Of Incarcerated People Becoming Medicaid Beneficiaries
1115 Waiver, Aventiv, Behavioral Health, California, Centurion, Contraband, Cook County, Correctional Officers, COVID-19, Data & Statistics, FCC, Georgia, Heatwave, Illinois, Judge Kimberly Mueller, Juveniles, Massachusetts, MAT, Medicaid, Mental Health, Methadone, New York City, New York State, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Pennsylvania, PTSD, Reentry, Rikers Island, San Francisco, Santa Barbara County, Sonoma County, Staffing Shortages, Suboxone, Suicide, Tarrant County, Texas, ViaPath, Violence, VitalCore, Vivitrol, Wellpath, Wisconsin
Weekly Update: June 25, 2024
Blue or Red, The Dysfunction of Health Care In Corrections Knows No Boundaries; Washington DC Submits 1115 Waiver For Justice Involved
1115 Waiver, Aging, California, Colorado, Deaths, Early Release, Florida, Georgia, Gov. Kevin Stitt, Hepatitis C, Indiana, Jail Standards, Jefferson County, Judge Steve Leifman, Juveniles, King County, LGBTQ, Louisiana, Medicaid, Medical Devices, Miami Dade County, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, MRSA, NaphCare, New Mexico, New Orleans, New York, New York State, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Santa Cruz County, Seattle, Shasta County, Solitary Confinement, Tarrannt County, Terminal Illness, Texas, U.S. District Court Judge Beth Bloom, U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, VitalCore, Washington DC, Washington State, Wellpath, Wisconsin, WRAP
Weekly Update: June 11, 2024
Correctional Facilities Have Become De Facto Mental Health Facilities. How can Medicaid help? REMINDER: Please Comment on HRSA’s PIN 2024-05
1115 Waiver, Abstinence, Allegheny County, Arrest, Assault, Baltimore, BOP, Buprenorphine, California, Correctional Officers, COVID-19, Deaths, Dehydration, FCI Dublin, Fort Worth, GEO Group, Georgia, Gov. Mike DeWine, HALT Act, Lawsuits, Maryland, Medicaid, Menstrual Products, Michigan, Monterey County, Ohio, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Pennsylvania, Randall Hepp, Reentry, Rhode Island, Sentence Reduction, Sonoma County, Staffing Shortages, Tarrant County, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wellpath, Wisconsin, Women
Weekly Update: June 4, 2024
How Will Incarcerated Medicaid Beneficiaries Impact Correctional Operations?
Alabama, Allegheny County, Allegheny Health Network, Amputation, BOP, California, Cancer, Centurion, Colette S. Peters, Colorado, Corizon, Correctional Officers, Cuyahoga County, Death, Dehydration, Fentanyl, Florida, Food, Gangs, Georgia, HIV, Louisianna, Luzerne County, Malnutrition, Massachusetts, Medicaid, Mississippi, Missouri, MOUD, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Pharmacist, Reentry, San Francisco, Sexual Abuse, Staffing Shortages, SUD, Tarrant County, Taser, Tear Gas, Tehum Care, Texas, Wellpath, Wexford, Women, Wyoming, YesCare
Weekly Update: May 21, 2024
After Medicaid Who Will Be The Mental Health Providers In Corrections? JAMA Study: Suicide & Reentry
ADA, Air Conditioning, BOP, California, Centurion, Civil Commitment, Colorado, Corizon, COVID-19, Death, Execution, Fentanyl, GEO Group, Gov. Laura Kelly, Gov. Tim Walz, GTL, Hypothermia, Juvenile, Kansas, Labor, Lawsuits, Massachusetts, Medicaid Expansion, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Multnomah County, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Overdose, Psychiatry, Racial Disparities, Reentry, Riverside County, RSAT, San Quentin, Securus, Senator Jon Ossof, STRONGER Act, Suicide, Supreme Court, Tehum Care, Texas, ViaPath, Virginia, Webinar, Wellpath, YesCare
Weekly Update: May 14, 2024
Medicaid & Local Initiatives Addressing Mental Health Treatment In Criminal Justice
1115 Waiver, BOP, California, Colorado, Correctional Healthcare Partners, Donald Trump, El Paso County, Fentanyl, Homelessness, Illinois, Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall, Los Angeles County, Medicaid, Mental Health, Michigan, Mold, NaphCare, New York State, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Platinum Equity, Racial Disparities, Rhode Island, Rikers Island, San Diego County, Santa Barbara County, Securus, Solitary Confinement, Texas, ViaPath, Wellpath, Wexford
Weekly Update: May 7, 2024
Medicaid’s Potential of Limiting Abuse of Juveniles in Corrections Starting on January, 1, 2025
14th Amendment, ADA, Air Conditioning, Allegheny County, Blindness, California, Centurion, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, CoreCivic, Corizon, County Of San Mateo, Doj, Duval County, Fentanyl, Firefighter, Florida, Georgia, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Gov. Roy Cooper, H.I.G Capital, Hepatitis C, Homelessness, Jacksonville, Juveniles, Maryland, Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, MOUD, New York City, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Pennsylvania, Pregnancy, Religious Accomodation, Rutgers University, Sexual Abuse, Solitary Confinement, Staffing Shortage, Tattoo, Tennessee, Texas, Virgin Islands, VitalCore, Webinar, Wellpath, Wexford, YesCare
Weekly Update: April 30, 2024
Frontline Correctional Health Care Workers Struggle With Funding Constraints: 1115s & State/County Budgets; Asst. AG Amy Solomon’s Remarks
1115 Waiver, Alabama, Arkansas, Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon, California, Charleston County, Children, Colorado, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Connecticut, COVID-19, Deaths, Declaration Of Environmental Rights For Incarcerated People, Dentist, Elijah McClain, Estelle v Gamble, Fentanyl, Georgia, Gov. Laura Kelly, Gov. Roy Cooper, Heatwave, Homeless, Kansas, Ketamine, Medicaid, Mental Health, Minnesota, Missouri, Multnomah County, North Carolina, Nursing, Oregon, Organ Harvesting, Otter Tail County, Parents, Parole, Recidivism, Reentry, Santa Barbara County, Senator Ed Markey, Solitary Confinement, South Carolina, Staffing Shortage, Suicide, Webinar, Wellpath, Women
Weekly Update: April 23, 2024
HRSA PIN: FQHCs Allowed in Corrections, Pre-Trial Detainees Excluded, COCHS Seeks Public Comment; Colorado & Massachusetts 1115 Waivers
1115 Waiver, Air Conditioning, Alabama, Alameda County, American Securities, Armbands, BOP, California, Climate Change, Colorado, COVID-19, El Paso County, Evidence Based Practices, FCI Dublin, Federal Prison Oversight Act, Goldman Sachs, Grand Jury, HRSA, Iowa, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez, Lawsuits, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Medicaid, Michigan, Mortality, New York City, North Carolina, Ombudsman, Opioid Epidemic, Opioid Settlement Funds, Overdose Prevention Centers, Racial Disparities, Reentry, San Francisco, Santa Barbara County, Southern Health Partners, Staffing Shortage, Veritas Capital, ViaPath, Washington State, Wellpath, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Weekly Update: April 16, 2024
Determining Medical Necessity: How Medicaid & Corrections Differ; Deep Dive: Indemnification & Correctional Health Care Contracts
1115 Waiver, ADA, Alvin Bragg, Arizona, Bail, BOP, California, Contamination, Contraband, Corizon, Correctional Officer, Diabetes, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, End of Life, Erie County, FCI Dublin, Fentanyl, Folsom State Prison, Gov. Jeff Landry, GTL, Iowa, Lawsuits, Louisville, Marijuana, Medicaid, MEnD Correctional Care, Mental Health, MOUD, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Nursing, Onondaga County, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Oxycodone, Plea Bargaining, Racial Disparities, Rhode Island, Senator Jon Ossoff, Sexual Abuse, South Carolina, Staffing Shortage, Suicide, Tehum Care, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Two Step, Unfunded Mandate, ViaPath, Virgin Islands, Washinton State, Water, Webinar, Wellpath, Wheelchair, Women, YesCare
Weekly Update: April 9, 2024
Lessons from the War on Drugs We Have Not Learned
Alameda County, Angola, Aventiv, Eclipse, Execution, Gov. Roy Cooper, Hepatitis C, HIV, Illinois, Maryland, Mental Health, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Ombudsman, Oregon, Otter Tail County, Racial Disparities, Rikers Island, Santa Barbara County, Securus, South Carolina, Staffing Shortage, Suicide, Syphilis, Tom Gores’ Platinum Equity, ViaPath, Virgin Islands, VitalCore, Wellpath
Weekly Update: April 2, 2024
Americans with Disabilities Act & DOJ Enforcement: Impacting Mental Health & Substance Use Treatment in Corrections
ADA, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Apps, Bankruptcy, Blanche Carney, Buprenorphine, California, Centurion, Collorado, Corizon, CorrectHealth, Correctional Officers, Denver Health, Drones, Food, Gov. Jeff Landry, GTL, Hunger Strike, Idaho, Illinois, JPay, Los Angeles County, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mental Health, Methadone, Minnesota, Missouri, NaphCare, Opioid Epidemic, Otter Tail County, Pennsylvania Prison Society, Philadelphia, Pregnancy, Recidivism, Reentry, San Diego County, Securus, Solitary Confinement, Tablets, Tehum Care, Texas, Transparency, Vermont, ViaPath, Vital Core, Water, Wellpath, Wyoming, YesCare
Weekly Update: March 26, 2024
JAMA: Correctional MOUD Efficacy Called Into Question; Corrections Neglecting MOUD Mandates
ADA, Aging, Allegheny County, Board Of State And Community Corrections, Buprenorphine, California, Cannabis, Censorship, Colorado, Deaths, Dental Care, Doj, Fentanyl, Food, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Grievance, HIV, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Marijuana, MAT, Medical Billing, Mental Health, Methadone, Minnesota, MOUD, New Mexico, North Carolina, Otter Tail County, Pennsylvania, Rikers Island, Skin Cancer, Suicide, Tarrant County, Texas, Vice President Kamala Harris, Water, Wellpath
Weekly Update: March 19, 2024
Court Orders & Correctional Intransigence: Will Medicaid Funding Break The Resistance?
ADA, ADCRR, Aging, Arizons, Baltimore, Biden Administration, BOP, California, CDCR, Chief U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller, Contraband, Corizon, COVID-19, Doj, Illinois, Los Angeles County, Maryland, Massachusetts, Medicaid, Mental Health, Mississippi, Narcan, New Orleans, Opioid Epidemic, Sheriff Susan Hutson, South Carolina, Suicide, Tehum Care, Texas, Transgender, U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, Utah, Wellpath, Wexford, Women, YesCare
Weekly Update: March 12, 2024
Correctional Officials’ Resistance To Improving Healthcare & Medicaid’s Ability To Rectify Conditions Through Regulations & Health Outcomes
Angola, Autism, Buprenorphine, California, Cancer, CoreCivic, Corizon, Correct Care Solutions, Drones, Education, Fentanyl, Florida, GEO Group, Gov. Kristi Noem, Hawai'i, LaSalle Corrections, Lawsuit, Management and Training Corporation, Massachusetts, Mayor Eric Adams, Mental Health Care, Methadone, Mississippi, Montana, MOUD, New York, Nora Volkow, North Dakota, Parole, Pennsylvania, Prison Construction, Recidivism, Retaliation, Rikers Island, San Francisco, Senator Ed Markey, Senators Elizabeth Warren, Solitary Confinement, Suicide, Syphilis, Tehum Care, Turn Key Health, Wellpath, Wisconsin, YesCare
Weekly Update: March 5, 2024
CMS Approves Montana’s 1115 –Will 1115s Improve Safety & Security In Correctional Institutions?
1115, Air Conditioning, Alabama, Angola, BOP, California, Colette Peters, Corizon, Cosolidated Appropriations Ace of 2024 (Section 206 (b)), Deaths, Dental, Doj, Florida, Freguson, Gov. Jeff Landry, HIV, Hypothermia, Indiana, Lawsuit, Louisianna, Maryland, MAT, Medicaid, Meidicaid, Michael Brown, Mississippi, Missourri, MOUD, Narcan, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Opioid Epidemic, Overdose, Pollution, PrEP, PrimeCare Medical, Re-entry, Sexual Assault, Solitary Confinement, Staffing Shortages, Tehum Care, Tennessee, Texas, Travis County, Utah, Ventura County, Veterans, VitalCore, Washington State, Water, Webinar, Wellpath, YesCare
Weekly Update: February 27, 2024
Medicaid & MOUD in Corrections: Confronting the Realities of Correctional Dysfunction; JAMA: Public Health & Incarceration
1115 Waiver, Abortion, Alabama, Allegheny County, Angola, Arizona, BOP, Buprenorphine, California, CHC, Connecticut, COVID-19, Criminal Justice Reform, Education, Execution, Georgia, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Gov. Janet Mills, Gov. Jeff Landry, Gov. John Bel Edwards, Gov. Roy Cooper, Hazelton, Hepatitis, HIPAA, Hospice, Joint Reentry Council, Los Angeles, Louisiana, Maine, Medicaid, Mental Health, Mississippi, New Jersey, Nitrogen Gas Asphyxiation, North Carolina, Overdose, Pennsylvania, Pima County, Pittsburg, Pregnancy, PrimeCare Medical, Prison Closure, Reentry, Rikers Island, San Diego County, Solitary Confinement, SUD, Suicide, Transgender, Washington State, Wellpath, Wexford
Weekly Update: February 13, 2024
US Senate: Bipartisan Support For Tackling Prison Substance Abuse; New ASAM Criteria: Addiction Treatment In Corrections
Allegheny County, ASAM, Colorado, Connecticut, Dade County, Deliberate Indifference, Florida, Food, Hawai'i, Illinois, Judge Steve Leifman, Kendra’s Law, Kentucky, Lawsuits, Medicaid, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, New York State, Opioid Epidemic, Pell Grant, PrimeCare Medical, Senator Any Klobuchar, Senator Bill Cassidy, Senator John Cornyn, Senator Maggie Hassan, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Senator Thom Tillis, Staffing Shortage, SUD, Tennessee, Texas, Transgender, Violence, Washington DC, Washinton State, West Virginia, Wexford, Wisconsin
Weekly Update: February 6, 2024
HHS: New Telehealth MOUD Rules In Corrections; The Hill: Dr. Rahul Gupta Op-ed: Don’t ignore the opioid epidemic battle in prison
Armour, Buprenorphine, California, Cargill, Colorado, Corizon, Correctional Officers, Data & Statistics, Dementia, Dr. Rahul Gupta, Florida, Food, Hamilton County, Illinois, Jacksonville, Juveniles, Lawsuits, Maine, McDonald’s, Mental Illness, Methadone, MOUD, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, OTP, Parole, Prison Labor, SAMHSA, Schenectady County, Staffing Shortage, Tehum Care, Tom Perez, Transgender, Violence, Walmart, Washington State, YesCare
Weekly Update: January 30, 2024
The Proprietary Correctional Health Care Vendors Merry-Go-Round
Arizona, Armor, California, Deaths, Florida, Harris County, Hennepin County, Illinois, Induced Labor, Jacksonville, Management & Training Corporation, Mental Illness, Minnesota, Mississippi, Multnomah County, NaphCare, Oregon, Pregnancy, PrimeCare Medical, Prison Closures, San Diego County, Santa Barbara County, Texas, Vermont, VitalCore, Wellpath, Wexford
Weekly Update: January 23, 2024
Medicaid As A Solution To The Patchwork Of Behavioral Health Care In Criminal Justice
1115 Waiver, ADA, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Behavioral Health, BOP, California, Connecticut, CoreCivic, Corizon, Deaths, Diabetes, Drug Decriminalization, Education, Eric Adams, Fentanyl, First Step Act, Gender Dysphoria, Halfway Houses, Hawai'i, Hepatitis C, HIV, Juveniles, Lawsuit, Los Angeles County, Louisiana, Macomb County, Medicaid, Mental Health Courts, Mental Illness, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Multnomah County, New Jersey, New York State, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Parole, PrimeCare Medical, Prison Closures, Prison Labor, Probation, Rikers Island, Sacramento, Sexual Abuse, Staffing Shortage, SUD, Technology, Tehum Care, Vermont, Virginia, Wellpath, YesCare
Weekly Update: January 9, 2024
2024 The Year of Medicaid Reentry Waivers; JAMA: CJ Reform = Health Reform; Health Affairs: Health Justice Tracker; CDC: HIV Meds At Release
1115 Waiver, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Alabama, Allegheny County, Arizona, Arkansas, Baltimore, BOP, California, CARES Act, Centene, Centurion, Child Support, CHIP, Colorado, CoreCivic, Corizon, Correctional Officers, Data & Statistics, Diabetes, Eighth Amendment, Fire, First Step Actor, Gavin Newsom, GTL, Hawai'i, High Blood Pressure, HIV, ICE, Idaho, Illinois, Incarceration Rate, Juvenile, Kansas, Kentucky, Lawsuits, Los Angeles County, Maryland, Massachusetts, Medicaid Expansion, Medical Reprieve, Mental Health, Metropolitan Detention Center, Mississippi, MOUD, MRNA, MRSA, Multnomah County, NaphCare, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Norway, Ohio, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Overcrowding, Parole, Pennsylvania, President Joe Biden, Qualified Immunity, Racial Disparities, Recidivism, Rikers Island, San Francisco, SCOC, Securus, Senator Ed Markey, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Slavery, Solitary Confinement, Staff Shortages, Sterilization, Substance Abuse, Technology, Tehum, Tennessee, Texas, Transgender, Tuberculosis, Wellpath, West Virginia, YesCare