COCHS' Weekly Update Archive 2025
Weekly Update: December 16, 2025
CE ‘s Deliberate Indifference Meets Estelle v. Gamble; Big Profits For CoreCivic, GeoGroup & Management and Training Corporation
ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, Arizona, Bail Reform, Bexar County, Buprenorphine, California, Cancer, Capital Punishment, Centurion, Colorado, Colorectal, Connecticut, Deliberate Indifference, Denver, Department Of Justice Civil Rights Division, Drones, Eighth Amendment, Erie County, Estelle v Gamble, Execution, Eye Surgery, Florida, Florida Justice Institute, Harris County, ICE, Illinois, Juvenile, Liver, Lung, Management and Training Corporation, Marana, Massachusetts, MAT, Medicaid Expansion, Missouri, Mortality, Muñoz Materano, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Paradise Valley Hospital, Pima Resists ICE, Plymouth, PREA, Professor Natalie Pifer, Proposition 3, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Rhode Island, San Antonio, San Diego County, Sandra Bland Act, Sen. Jon Ossoff, Senate Bill 9, Sepsis, Sexual Abuse, Solitary Confinement, Suboxone, SUD, SUPPORT Act, Texas, Texas Commission On Jail Standards, Tina Peters, Transgender, Trump Administration, ViaPath, Water, Wexford, Women
Weekly Update: December 9, 2025
Sheriffs Warn Medicaid Cuts Risk Public Safety; New Mexico’s 1115 Waiver Pilot; Medicaid Legislation; Mississippi’s Travails With VitalCore
1115 Medicaid Waiver, 4Sight Labs, AB 2119, Alligator Alcatraz, Amnesty International, Aramark, Ashland Source, Asthma, Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall, California, Celiac, Centurion, Clark County, CLERB, Compassionate Release, Condustrial, CoreCivic, Correctional Officers, Due Process Continuity of Care Act, Eighth Amendment, Food, GEO Group, Gov. Brad Little, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Hawai'i, Horry County, Idaho, Idaho Sheriffs’ Association, Illinois, Jail Construction, Jefferson City Correctional Center, Jerry Cintron, Juvenile, Kansas, Los Padrinos, Maryland, Massachusetts, MedFirst Staffing, Medicaid, Medicaid Reentry Act, Mediko, Mississippi, Missouri, Mount Olive Correctional Complex, Myrtle Beach, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Nutrition, Ohio, Oklahoma County, Ophthalmic Care, Peoria, Proposition 3, Reentry, Restrictive Housing, Rhode Island, San Diego County, Schizophrenia, Sexual Abuse, Solitary Confinement, South Carolina, Suicide, Terminal Island, Texas, Utah, Violence, VitalCore, Washington State, Wellpath, West Virginia, Wexford, Work Ethic Cam
Weekly Update: November 25, 2025
Don’t Try This At Home: Mixing Criminal Justice & Healthcare
AFSCME, Antwan Cater, Appendicitis, Arizona, BOP, California, California City, Colorado, Compassionate Release, CoreCivic, Correctional Healthcare Partners, Denver, Eloy Detention Center, Ending Crime And Disorder On America's Streets, Falcon Correctional And Community Services, Forced Detransition, Gender, Georgia, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Gov. Mike DeWine, Gov. Spencer Cox, HALT, Humane Alternatives To Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act, ICE, Idaho, Iowa, Leslie Cooley Dismuke, Mediko, Mental Health, Missouri, Monterey County, Narcan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Opioid Epidemic, Oversight, Pennsylvania, Pima County, PrimeCare Medical, Prison Closure, Privatization, Reentry, RFP, Robert Brooks, Sepsis, Shelby County, Standards, Tampon, Tennessee, Todd Copley, Transexual, Utah, VitalCore, Wellpath, Wisconsin, York Count, York County
Weekly Update: November 18, 2025
Big, Beautiful Cuts: Medicaid, Mental Health, and Incarceration
1115 Medicaid Waiver, Alabama, Anthony Boyd, Arizona, Arlington, Bexar County, Buprenorphine, CalAIM, California, Capital Punishment, Cato Institute, CDCR, Collaborative Practice Agreement, Competency Restored, CoreCivic, Correctional Officers, CPA, Ernastiaze Moore, Falcon Correctional And Community Services, FCC, FORE, Forensic Bed, Foundation For Opioid Response Efforts, GTL, HALT, Harris County, Hospice, ICE, Illinois, IPCS, Kitsap County, Los Angeles County, Management and Training Corporation, Maryland, Massachusetts, Medical Parole, Memphis, Mental Health, Mid-State Correctional Facility, Mississippi, MTC, NaphCare, New Jersey, Nitrogen Gas, North Carolina, Pharmacist, Private Prison, REACH, Reentry, Registry Of Electronic Archives In Correctional Healthcare, Sacramento County, Shelby County, Sheriff Javier Salazar, Single Cell, Sonia Sotomayor, Sovereign Immunity, Suicide, Sullivan Correctional Facility, Tennessee, Texas, United States Supreme Court, ViaPath, Virginia, VitalCore, Washington State, Wildcat Strike, Zohran Mamdani
Weekly Update: November 04, 2025
Medicaid Cuts, Rural Jails As Psychiatric Facilities, and Trump’s Executive Order: Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets
Abuse, Albuquerque, Amputation, Baltimore County, Bernalillo County, CalAIM, California, Chuck Wright, Clay County, Corruption, Cumberland County, Dehydration, Diversion, EHR, Eyes, FCC, GEO Group, Gov. Tony Evers, Health Information Exchange, HIE, ICE, Lamont Mealy, Maryland, Massachusetts, Medicaid, Mental Health Services, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Otter Trail County, Pennsylvania, Pregnancy, PrimeCare Medical, Rehabilitation, Rep. Brandy Fluker-Reid, Solitary Confinement, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spartanburg Count, Trinity County, VitalCore, Wart Removal, Washington State, Water, Wellness Equity Alliance, Wellpath, White Earth Nation, Wisconsin, WRAP
Weekly Update: October 28, 2025
Infectious Diseases Know No Prison Walls; Riddle: When Is Insurance Not Insurance? Perhaps When It’s Wellpath’s? KY Lawsuit Might Decide
1115 Medicaid Waiver, ACLU, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Air Conditioning, Anoka County, Arizona, Bexar County, Chad Lake Raymond, Cobb County, Connecticut, Georgia, ICE, Insurance, Kentucky, LaSalle Management, Lawsuit, Louisiana, Management and Training Corporation, MAT, Minnesota, Miscarriagex, Monkeypox, MTC, New York, Northwest Ice Processing Center, Opioid Epidemic, Pregnancy, Receivership, Robert Brooks, Tacoma, Texas, Trump Administration, U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver, Washington State, Wellpath, WRAP
Weekly Update: October 21, 2025
A Tale of Two 1115 Medicaid Reentry Waivers; Harvard Looks at Correctional Healthcare Vendors
1115 Medicaid Waiver, Aging, Air Conditioning, Alameda County, And Safety, BOP, California, Cancer, CARE Court, CFG Health Systems, Chairman Brendan Carr, Cognitive Functioning, Colorado, Compassionate Release, Connecticut, Coroner, Correctional Officers, Custodial Transparency, Dr. Homer Venters, Essex County, FACtS, Falcon Correctional And Community Services, FCC, Florida, Food, Forensic Accountability, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Government Shutdown, HALT, Harris County, Heatwave, Hepatitis C, Homicide, Humane Alternatives To Long-Term Solitary Confinement, ICare, ICE, Idaho, Illinois, Involuntary Servitude, Juveniles, Kansas, Lawsuit, Legal Aid Program, Legionnaires Disease, Marcy Correctional, Mathew Galliher, Memphis, Memphis Safe Task Force, Mental Health, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana 1115, New Jersey, New York, Nicholas Kieffer, One Big Beautiful Bill, Opioid Epidemic, Orange County, Oregon, Parole, Pennsylvania, Prison Labor, Prop. 36, Psychiatric Disorders, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Rikers Island, Robert Brooks, Sanitation, Santa Rita Jail, SB 27, Sen. Rosalind Osgood, Sexual Abuse, Shelby County, Solitary Confinement, SUD, Suicide, Tarrant County, Tazewell County, Tennessee, Texas, The Second Chance Reauthorization Act, Virginia, Water Shortage, Wellpath, Wisconsin, Women, Zohran Mamdani
Weekly Update: October 07, 2025
Forbes Dives Into The Economics of Correctional Healthcare Vendors, Past DOJ Investigations and Current Strategies
Aging, Aiken County, Alameda County, Andrew M. Cuomo, Atlanta, Bamberg County, Berkeley, California City, California State Auditor Grant Parks, CareBridge, Centene, Centurion, Cleveland County, CoreCivic, COVID-19, Deliberate Indifference, Eighth Amendment, Estelle v Gamble, Foster Care, Fulton County, Georgia, Global Tel*Link, GTL, HALT, HARP, Harris County, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, Humane Alternatives To Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act, Illinois, Jackson County, Jay-Z, Juvenile, Kalamazoo County, Legal Aid Society, Mediko, Michigan, Mississippi, Mpox, NaphCare, New York, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Overcrowding, Prop. 36, Richland County, Rikers Island, Sen. Jon Ossoff, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Sheqweetta Vaughan, Sheriff Kelly Martinez, Solitary Confinement, South Carolina, Southern Health Partners, Spokane, Suicide, Texas, Texas Commission On Jail Standard, TK Health, Trump Administration, Tuberculosis, Turn Key Health, U.S. District Judge Mary Geiger, Union, ViaPath, Washington State, William K. Marshall III
Weekly Update: September 25 2025
Technological Deliberate Indifference? State Correctional Systems Using Paper Health Records
1115 Medicaid Waiver, 4Sight Labs, Air Conditioning, Bexar County, Biometrics, Board Of Immigration Appeals, California, Contraband, CoreCivic, Correctional Officers, Dane County, Dauphin County, EHR, Gov. Gavin Newsom, HALT Act, Hunger Strike, ICE, Iowa, Jeff Haste, Kansas, Kansas Press Association, Mediko, Mediko County, Mental Health, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, NYCLU, Occupational Safety And Health Standards Board, Oklahoma, Overcrowding, Pennsylvania, PrimeCare, Privatization, Riverside County, San Antonio, Securus Technologies, Sheriff Chad Bianco, Smart, Solitary Confinement, Staff Shortages, Texas, Vermont, ViaPath, VitalCore, Washington State, Wisconsin
Weekly Update: September 16 2025
Medicaid’s Conditions of Participation: A Tool for Improving Correctional Healthcare?
1115 Waiver, Advanced Correctional Health Care, Aging, Air Conditioning, Alabama, Arizona, Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, Biometrics, BOP, Brixadi, Buprenorphine, CANY, Cardiac Deaths, Charleston County, CLERB, Climate Change, Corizon, Correctional Association Of New York, Dr. Nora Volkow, Georgetown County, Gov. Kathy Hochul, HALT, Hawai'i, ICE, Judge Roslyn Silver, Larry R. Hill Medical Reform Act, Los Angeles County, Massachusetts, MAT, Mayor Eric Adams, Medicaid, Mental Health, Methadone, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Murder, Naltrexone, NaphCare, New York State, NIH, Overwatch, Pepper Spray, Plata V. Newsom, PrimeCare, Rikers Island, Sea Tac, Sexual Abuse, Sheriff Robert Luna, South Carolina, Suicide, Transportation, Vermont, VitalCore, Wellpath, Wexford, Wildcat Strike, YesCare
Weekly Update: September 9 2025
Health Affairs Looks At Youth & SUD; HARP Issue Paper On Section 5121’s And Substance Use Treatment Options; Maryland Delays 1115
1115 Waiver, Air Conditioning, Angola, Arizona, Bail, Bartow County, Bee Keeping, BOP, CAA, California, Cherokee County, Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board, CLERB, Climate Change, Compassionate Release, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, CorrectHealth, Correctional Officers, COVID-19, Dementia, Elijah Lester Isbill, Firing Squad, Florida, Fort Worth, Georgia, HALT, Hear Of Florida, Huron Valley Correctional Facility, ICE, Kristi Noem, Louisiana, Marion County, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mental Health, Michigan, Minnesota, Monroe County, New Jersey, New York, Ocala, Oklahoma County, Old Age, Pregnancy, Rikers Island, Ryan Thornell, San Diego, Sandra Bland Act, Section 5121, Sheriff Bill Waybourn, Smart Communications, Solitary Confinement, SUD, Suicide, Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe, Tarrant County, Tennessee, Texas Commission On Jail Standards, Trenton, Trump Administration, Utah, ViaPath, West Virginia, Whistleblower, Women
Weekly Update: August 26, 2025
Applying Section 5121 of The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2023 To Real World Examples Of Juvenile Justice
Alameda County, Allegheny County, Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) Of 2023, CoreCivic, Corizon, Dehydration, Dementia, Execution, Florida, HALT, HIV, ICE, Incarcerated Women, Lead, Mayor Eric Adams, Mediko, Mental Illness, Minnesota, Missouri, Multnomah County, Nate Hayward, New Mexico, New York State, North Carolina, Orange County, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Pepper Spray, Physician Correctional, PrimeCare Medical, Ralph Menzies, Raúl Villalobos Díaz, Rikers Island, Santa Rita, Section 5121, Section 5122, Sen. Jon Ossoff, Shackles, Solitary Confinement, St Louis, St. Louis City Justice Center, Texas, Transgender, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Utah, Vermont, WARN, Washington State, Wellpath, Wisconsin, YesCare
Weekly Update: August 19, 2025
Oversight or Medicaid? But Is Medicaid Still A Healthcare Reentry Strategy?
1115 Waiver, Act, Alabama, Alligator Alcatraz, Angola, Bail, BOP, CalAIM, California, Co-pays, Colorado, Connecticut, Contraband, CoreCivic, COVID-19, Death In Custody, Deaths, Deaths In Custody, Detransition, Early Release, Ending Crime And Disorder On America's Streets, Execution, Executive Order, Florida, Georgia, ICE, Juveniles, Kosher, Lake County, Louisiana, Medicaid, Medical Release, Mental Health, Mesa County, Missouri, Moshannon Valley Processing Center, NaphCare, Nevada, North Carolina, NYSCOPBA, Olmstead V. L.C, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Opioid Epidemic, Pennsylvania, Physician Correctional USA, PREA, Pregnancy, President Donald Trump, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Reentry, Rhode Island, Rikers Island, Robert Brooks, Solitary Confinement, St Louis, Suicide, Transexual, Utah, Weber County, Wellpath, Work Requirements
Weekly Update: August 5, 2025
Persistent Lack of Accountability In Correctional Healthcare: Oregon, San Diego & New Jersey; Follow Up To Trump’s Public Safety Executive Order
Air Conditioning, Alabama, Amputation, Angola, Ann Arbor, Biometrics, Byron Black, Capital Punishment, Colorado Trusted Interoperability Platform, Compassionate Release, Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis, Contraband, CoreCivic, CTIP, Data & Statistics, Dauphin County, Deaths In Custody, Ending Crime And Disorder On America's Streets, Execution, Executive Order, Falcon Group, Florida, Georgia, Gov. Jeff Landry, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Heatwave, ICE, Injection Sites, Intake, Joe Bugher, Judge Anthony Battaglia, Juvenile, Kansas, Kentucky, Leavenworth, Lexington, Louisiana, Mail, Mediko, Michigan, Mississippi, Montgomery County, Naloxone, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nick Deml, Nurse, Oklahoma County, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Pennsylvania, PrimeCare, QCHC, Quality Correctional Health Care, San Diego County, Scanning, Solitary Confinement, Special Treatment Unit, State Rep. Becky Currie, Technology, Tennessee, Transsexual, Vermont, VitalCore, Warren Roberts, Washtenaw County, Wellpath
Weekly Update: July 29, 2025
Trump’s Public Safety Executive Order Sparks Reactions from Advocates and Supporters
1115 Medicaid, Alabama, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Attorney General Rob Bonta, Bibb County, Biometrics, CalAIM, California, Capital Punishment, Centurion, Cicero Action, Clallam County, Colorado, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Cuyahoga County, Diversion, Dr. Nora Volkow, El Paso County, Enator Edward J. Markey, End Solitary Confinement Act, Ending Crime And Disorder On America's Streets, Florida, GEO Group, Georgia, Gov. Josh Green, ICE, Iowa, Justice Involved Reentry Initiative, Juveniles, La Plata County, Lawsuit, Los Angeles County, Lucas County, Macon, Marion County, Mayor Eric Adams, Mayor Rick Blangiardi, Mental Health, New York State, NIDA, Nutrition, Ocala, Ohio, Oklahoma County, Oregon, Parole, President Donald J. Trump, Probation, Rikers Island, Securus, Senator Jon Ossoff, Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock, Solitary Confinement, South Dakota, Southern Health Partners, Sutter County, Technology, Telecommunication, Tennessee, Utah, Violence, VitalCore, Washington State, Wearables, Wellpath, Wexford, Wildcat Strike
Weekly Update: July 22, 2025
Tragedy, Technology, Transparency: Opening the Black Box of Correctional Healthcare
1115 Medicaid Waiver, Alabama, California, Capital Punishment, Centurion, Charleston County, Chelan County, Cleveland County, Colorado, CoreCivic, Denver Health, Execution, Fentanyl, ICE, Illinois, Iowa, Jeff Reisig, Kern County, Laramie County, Medi-Cal, Mental Health, Michigan, Mold, Monitors, New York City, OBBBA, Ohio, Oklahoma, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Opioid Settlement Fund, Pregnancy, Privitization, PTSD, Race-blind Charging, Redemption Correctional Healthcare Solutions, Reentry, Rep. Jon Echols, Rikers Island, Senator Mark Walczyk, Sensors, South Carolina, Suicide, TK Health, Transparency, Turn Key Health Clinics, Tuscaloosa, Washington State, Wexford, Women, Wyoming
Weekly Update: July 15, 2025
Fireworks in Minnesota: Sheriffs & Jail Healthcare Vendor Battle Mental Health Reform
1115 Waiver, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, AFSCME, Air Conditioning, Alaska, Allegheny County, Alligator Alcatraz, Arizona, Barnstable County, Birth, BOP, California, Centurion, Chelan County, Climate Change, CoreCivic, Cuyahoga County, Dane County, Data & Statistics, FCC, Florida, GEO Group, Gov. Katie Hobbs, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Homer Venters, Iowa, IPERS, Kentucky, Larry R. Hill Reform Act, Lawsuits, Los Angeles County, Maine, Massachusetts, Medicaid, Medication, Men's Central Jail, Mental Health, Mental Health Work Group Of CUAPB, Minnesota Sheriffs’ Association, Mississippi, NAMI, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority, Opioid Epidemic, Opioid Settlement Fund, Oversite, Pennsylvania, Perry County, Pregnancy, President Donald Trump, Privitization, Sacramento County, San Diego, Santa Clara, Securus Technologies, Sexual Abuse, Sheriff Donna Buckley, Solitary Confinement, Staffing Shortages, Telecommunications, Tuberculosis, Vermont, ViaPath, Virginia, Washington State, Water, Wellpath, West Viginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Weekly Update: July 1, 2025
1115 HIT Requirements and Post-Release Continuity of Care; DeSantis Signs Diversion Legislation
1115 Waivers, Arizona, California, Cook County, CoreCivic, Deadlock, Dreadlocks, Florida, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Green Bay Correctional Institution, Harris County, Health IT, HIV, Homicide, ICE, Illinois, Lehigh County, Louisiana, Mail, Minnesota, Monterey County, Narcan, New Orleans, Opioid Epidemic, Orange County, Phone Calls, Rastafarian, Rationing, Recidivism, Reentry, Rikers Island, Sheriff Susan Hutson, Sheriff Tom Dart, Solitary Confinement, South Dakota, Tampons, Telephonic Visits, Texas, Texas Commission On Jail Standards, TransCor, Wellpath, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Women
Weekly Update: June 24, 2025
Accountability? What Accountability? Correctional Healthcare Vendors and the Persistence of Questionable Care
ACLU, Adelanto, Aging, AIDS, Ankle Monitors, Arkansas, California, California Correctional Peace Officers Association, Cancer, CFMG, Chesapeake, Connecticut, Correctional Officers, Diversion, Due Process Continuity of Care Act, Evansville, Fresno County, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Gov. Greg Gianforte, Gov. Josh Green, Gov. Tony Evers, Hawai'i, Hennepin County, Hennepin Healthcare, Hepatitis C, HIV, Horse Therapy, ICE, Indiana, Juveniles, Lawsuit, Medicaid, Mental Health, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Motnana, Mule Creek, Napa County, New York, Oklahoma County, Ombudsperson, Oregon, Ozaukee County, Re-entry, REACH, Rep. Becky Currie, Rikers Island, Robert Brooks, Sentence Reform, Solitary Confinement, Suicide, Texas, Trump Administration, Veterans, Virginia, Vital Core, Water, Wisconsin, Women, Wyoming, YesCare
Weekly Update: June 10, 2025
California’s Behavioral Health Staffing Crisis: A Stress Test for Medicaid Behind Bars
8th Amendment, Aging, Allegheny County, Behavioral Health, Bibb County, BOP, California, CDCR, Charleston County, Colorado, Connecticut, Contraband, Data & Statistics, District of Columbia, Drug Testing, El Paso County, Farmer V. Brennan, Florida, Food, GEO Group, Georgia, Gov. Ned Lamont, Heat, Home Confinement, ICE, Judge Brian A. Jackson, Judge Royce Lamberth, Los Angeles County, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Opioid Epidemic, Overcrowding, Overdose, Pennsylvania, Pregnancy, Racial Diparities, Robert Brooks, Seniors, Solitary Confinement, South Carolina, St Louis, Staffing Shortages, Substance Use Disorder, SUD, Suicide, TK Health, Transgender, Transportation, Turn Key Health Clinics, University Of Connecticut Health Center, Vicki Behenna, Warden Trevor Wingard
Weekly Update: June 3, 2025
Alabama: When Correctional Leadership Breaks Down, Can Medicaid Fill the Gap?
1115 Medicaid Waiver, Access Corrections, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Alabama, Alabama Department Of Corrections, Arkansas, Autauga County, Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division, BOP, Brutality, California, Centurion, Charleston County, Closures, Co-pays, Colorectal Cancer, Comanche County, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Contraband, Copay, Correctional Officers, CQI, Denial Of Care, Denver Post, Dougherty County, Erie County, Eye Exam, Florida, Fraud Indictments, Georgia, Glasses, Hawai'i, Homelessness, Illinois, Illiois, Jacksonville, Jailbreak, Louisiana, Medicaid, Mental Health, Michigan, Minnesota, New Orleans, New York City, Oklahoma, Olmstead County, Opioid Epidemic, Orleans County, Rikers Island, Robert Brooks, Sacramento, San Diego County, Sensor, South Carolina, State Senator Karina Villa, Suicide, Technology, Tennessee, Thurston County, TK Health, Turn Key Health Clinics, Utah, Violence, Waseca, Washington State, Wellpath, Wexford, Wildcat Strike, Wisconsin
Weekly Update: May 20, 2025
Medicaid Stays in Play—For Now: What Jail Stories From 3 States Reveal
1115 Waiver, Alameda County, Bankruptcy, California, CCS, Climate Change, Coleman V. Newsom, Contamination, Correct Care Solutions, Correctional Officer, Cuyahoga County, Dashboard, Data & Statistics, End of Life, Fentanyl, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Harris County, Hays County, Heatwave, Hepatitis B, Homelessness, Houston, Jerry Boyle, Judge Kimberly Mueller, Los Angeles County, Loudon County, Louisiana, Marlboro County, Maryland, Mental Health, Messiah Nantwi, MetroHealth Medical Center, Minnesota, Miscarriage, Missouri, Mold, Montana, MOUD, New Mexico, New Orleans, New York, Ohio, Parole, Pregnancy, Prison Closure, Probation, Robert Brooks, San Marcos, Santa Fe, Santa Rita, Shelter-Resistant, South Carolina, Stillwater, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Water, Wellpath
Weekly Update: May 13, 2025
Claw Backs Rare, Lawsuits Common: The Hidden Toll of Proprietary Correctional Healthcare
1115 Waiver, Alcatraz, Armor Health, Bibb County, BOP, California, Capital Punishment, Cleveland County, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Correctional Officers, Dr. Pablo Stewart, Eric Addams, Florida, GEO Group, Georgia, Hays County, Heart Of Florida Health Center, ICE, Juveniles, Lackawanna County, Lawton, Marion County, Medicaid, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Migrants, Minnesota, Missouri, Narcan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ocala, Oklahoma, Parole, Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump, Reentry, Rikers Island, Robert Brooks, Rutgers University, San Diego County, St. Louis County, SUD, Tarrant County, Texas, TK Clinics, Turn Key Health Clinics, University Correctional Health Care, Utah, Wellpath, YesCare
Weekly Update: May 06, 2025
Pew Study: Mental Health Screening Tools in Jail; Jails Unwanted Role As Mental Health Provider
1115 Waiver, Alaska, Allegheny Health Network, California, CDCR, Centurion, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Dauphin County, Dehydration, Drug Testing, EMS, Florida, Global Tel Link, GTL, Harrisburg, Hawai'i, ICE, Juveniles, Los Angeles County, Maine, Maryland, Medicaid, Michigan, Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Mississippi, Montana, NaphCare, Narcan, Nevada, Oregon, Overdose, Pennsylvania, Prime Care, PrimeCare, Proposition 36, Randall Hepp, Robert Brooks, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Sacramento County, Samra G. Brouk, Sheriff Jim Cooper, Suicide, Texas Two Step, ViaPath, Wellpath, Wisconsin, YesCare
Weekly Update: April 29, 2025
Medicaid’s Role in Reversing Deinstitutionalization: Moving Beyond Jails as Mental Health Providers of Last Resort
1115 Medicaid Waiver, Abortion, Aging, Allentown, American Behavioral Health Services, Amputation, Angola, Arizona, Arlington County, Armour, Attorney General Pam Bondi, BJS, CalAIM, California, Communications, Corizon, Daniel Martuscello, DART Act, Data & Statistics, Dental Care, Dobbs, Dobbs V. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Dr. Michael Seale, Drug Testing, Elizabeth Glazer, EMS, Essex County, Falcon Correctional And Community Services, False Positives, Fentanyl, Florida, Global Tel Link, Gov. Josh Stein, Gov. Katie Hobbs, Gov. Roy Cooper, GTL, Heat, Helicobacter Pylori, Hepatitis C, HIG Capital, Homelessness, IC Solutions, ICE, Indiana, Influenza, Jacksonville, Kentucky, Louisiana, Louisville, Massachusetts, Mayor Bill De Blasio, Mayor Eric Adams, Mayor Matt Mahan, Michigan, MIEP, Missouri, NaphCare, Narcan, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Opiate Settlement Funds, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Pharmacy, PIN 2024-05, Prisoner On Prisoner Violence, Recidivism, Reentry, Rikers Island, Sacramento, San Jose, Sexual Abuse, Starvation, Tehum Care, Trigger Clause, Trump Administration, U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell, Vermont, ViaPath Technologies, Virginia, Vital Monitoring System, Wahington State, Washington State, Webinar, Wellpath, West Virginia, Wildcat Strike, Women, Yakima County, YesCare
Weekly Update: April 8, 2025
In Case of Emergency—Break Glass: Alternative Models To Medicaid 1115 Waivers
1115 Medicaid Waiver, Aging, Alabama, Alameda County, Allegheny County, Arkansas, Assemblymember Anna Kelles, Bankruptcy, Buprenorphine, Bureau of Indian Affairs, California, Correctional Officers, Dauphin County, DOCCS Commissioner Dan Martuscello, Early Release, Earned Time Act, Food, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, H. Pylori, Harris County, Houston, IMS Correctional Healthcare, Indiana, Jerry Boyle, Juveniles, Layoffs, Los Angeles County, Massachusetts, MAT, Mayor Eric Adams, Mental Health, Methadone, Middlesex County, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Overcrowding, Pennsylvania, Pitt County, Pittsburgh, Pregnancy, PrimeCare Medical, Prison Construction, Rikers Island, Russell County, Sexual Abuse, Sheriff Heath Taylor, Solitary Confinement, Southwestern Behavioral Healthcare, SUD, Vanderburgh County, Violence, Wellpath, Wildcat Strike
Weekly Update: April 1, 2025
Medicaid: The Necessary Bridge For Continuity of Care Between Community & Corrections?
1115 Medicaid Waiver, ACLU, Aging, Alameda County, Alaska, Arkansas, Bryan Bailey, California, Colorado, Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023, COVID-19, Fentanyl, Florida, Grand Jury, H.I.G Capital, Hawai'i, Homelessness, Homicide, ICE, Juveniles, Mental Health, Missouri, Montgomery County, Mortality, NaphCare, Narcan, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Rape, Richmond, Section 5121, Securus Technologies, St Louis, Suicide, Trump Administration, ViaPath, Virginia, Washington State, Wellpath, Wexford, Wildcat Strike
Weekly Update: March 25, 2025
End Our Medicaid 1115 Waiver, Pennsylvania Legislators Ask RFK Jr.; The Role of Medicaid In The Grievance Process
1115 Waiver, Baltimore, Brixadi, California, Childbirth, Colette Peters, Correctional Officers, Data & Statistics, DEA, Food, Foster Care, Georgia, Grievance, IWOC, Judge Kimberly Mueller, Juveniles, Kentucky, Maryland, MAT, Mayor Eric Adams, Medicaid, Mental Health, Methadone, Michigan, Minnesota, MOUD, New York, New York City, Quality Correctional Health Care, Receiver, Rikers Island, San Jose, Shackling, Sublocade, Suboxone, Tennessee, Transgender, Trump Administration, Utah, Washington State, Weber County, Wellpath, Women
Weekly Update: March 18, 2025
Medicaid & Correctional Officers: Policy Meets Implementation Hurdles of Staffing Shortages
1115 Medicaid Waiver, Arkansas, BOP, California, CDCR, Colorado, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, CoreCivic, Cuyahoga County, DuPage County, El Paso County, GEO Group, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Hospitalization, ICE, Illinois, Mays Consent Decree, Michigan, Minnesota, Mortality, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Receiver J. Clark Kelso, Rikers Island, Santa Barbara County, Scabies, Section 5121, Sovereign Immunity, Tulsa County, Turn Key Health Clinics, Utah, Visitation, Vital Core, Wellpath, Wildcat Strike, Wisconsin
Weekly Update: March 11, 2025
Medicaid’s Role In Substance Use Treatment, Incarceration & Homelessness: What Might Be The Impact of Reduced Funding & Work Requirements?
1115 Medicaid Waiver, ACLU, ADA, Aramark, Arizona, Bankruptcy, Bicycle Health, BOP, Connecticut, CoreCivic, Corizon, COVID-19, Death, Food, GEO Group, Gladiator Fights, Gov. Kathy Hochul, HALT, Homelessness, Juveniles, Manslaughter, Matt Mahan, Medicaid, Minnesota, Mississippi, NaphCare, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Opioid Epidemic, San Jose, Tehum Care, Trump Administration, U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy, Waupun Correctional Institution, Webinar, Wellpath, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Women, YesCare
Weekly Update: March 4, 2025
New England Journal of Medicine Examines Carceral Healthcare; Recommendation: Medicaid and Community Linkage
1115 Medicaid Waiver, Aging, Arizona, Bexar County, California, California Forensic Medical Group, CFMG, Correctional Officer, Geriatric, Gov. Kathy Hochul, HIV, Homeless, Inmate Exception, Kentucky, Marcy Correctional Facility, Maryland, Mays Consent Decree, Medicaid, Medical Debt, Methadone, Minnesota, Missouri, Monterey Countuy, Motherhood, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahomas, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Pregnancy, President Trump, Ramon McGhee, Rep. Mike Turner, Rep. Paul Tonko, Robert Brooks, Seniors, Shelby County, Solitary Confinement, South Carolina, SUPPORT Act, Technology, Tennessee, Texas, Transgender Ban, Washington State, Wellpath, Wildcat Strike
Weekly Update: February 25, 2025
Medicaid, HRSA PIN & SUD –The Potential of MOUD in Carceral Settings To Improve Reentry Through Connectivity
1115 Medicaid Waiver, ADA, Arizona, Arkansas, Bankruptcy, Bennie Thorpe, BOP, Buprenorphine, CalAIM, California, Connecticut, Contraband, CoreCvic, Data & Statistics, DEA, Deportation, Diversion, EMS, Erie County, Falcon Correctional And Community Services, Florida, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Gov. Tate Reeves, Gov. Tony Evers, Gov.Larry Rhoden, HALT, Hospitals, ICE, Kern County, Life Expectancy, Marcy Correctional Facility, MAT, Mayor Eric Adams, MDC Brooklyn, Medi-Cal, Medicaid, Mental Health, Methadone, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morbidity, Mortality, MOUD, NaphCare, New Mexico, New York, Oregon Justice Resource Center, Pennsylvania, Pierce County, Pregnancy, Prison Construction, Prop. 36, Rikers Island, Robert Brooks, Ryan Thornell, Sheriffs, Solitary Confinement, South Dakota, TBI, Texas, Transportation, Traumatic Brain Injury, Trump Administration, Vermont, Washington State, Waupun Correctional Institution, Wellpath, Wisconsin, YesCare
Weekly Update: February 11, 2025
Consent Decrees & Lax Enforcement: Understanding Jail Intake; Will Medicaid In Corrections Inhibit Medical Record Falsification?
1115 Medicaid Waiver, Anoka County, Armor, California, Centurion, CHIP, Collectively Changing Corrections, Consent Decree, Consolidated Appropriations Act, Contraband, Death Sentence, Déna Notz, Dexter Barry, Dialysis, Dr. Warren Roberts, Falcon Correctional And Community Services, Fedral Grant, Fentanyl, Food, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Heart Transplant, Judge Royce C. Lamberth, Juveniles, Lane County, Marcy Correctional Facility, Mays Consent Decree, Medicaid, MEnD Correctional Care, Mental Illness, Methamphetamine, Minnesota, Missouri, New York State, Oklahoma, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Parole, President Regan, President Trump, Prime Care, Record Falsification, Rep. Justin Humphrey, Rikers Island, Robert Brooks, Sacramento, Sexual, South Carolina, SUD, Tehum Care, Transgender, Washington State, Wellpath, Yakima County, YesCare, Yoga
Weekly Update: February 4, 2025
Medicaid Inpatient Coverage for Hospitalized Incarcerated People, Lessons Learned & Administrative Challenges
1115 Waiver, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Alabama, Amor Health, Assault, Bankruptcy, BOP, CoreCivic, Corizon, Correctional Officers, COVID-19, Death Sentence, Jail Reform, Judge Alfredo R. Perez, Juveniles, Legal Aid Society, Locked Unit, Marcy Correctional Facility, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Michigan, Midwives, Milwaukee, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Narcan, New York State, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Olmsted County, Opioid Epidemic, Pregnancy, President Trump, Prison Closure, Reentry, Rikers Island, Robert Brooks, Sen. Jon Ossoff, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Tehum Care, Transgender Bans, Utah, Virginia, Wellpath, Wisconsin, YesCare
Weekly Update: January 28, 2025
Glimpse Into The Future: Nature’s AI-Generated Articles On Correctional Healthcare; 1115 Approvals In Closing Days Of Biden Administration
1115 Waiver, Aging, Allegheny County, Alvin S. Glenn Detention Centers, Arizona, Bankruptcy, Behavioral Health, BOP, Buprenorphine, Burn Out, California, Chatham County, Colorado, Consolidated Appropriations Act, Correctional Officer, Correctional Staff, Cuyahoga County, Deaths, Early Release, Electronic Monitoring, Florida, Georgia, Hawai'i, Hostage, Indiana, Juvenile, Kentucky, Legionnaires Disease, Maine, Maryland, Medicaid, Mental Health, Metropolitan Detention Center, Missouri, MOUD, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Opioid Epidemic, Oversight, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, President Trump, Proposition 36, Recidivism, Richland County, Safety, Santa Barbara County, Savannah, South Carolina, South Dakota, Staffing Shortages, Technology, Transgender, Violence, VitalCore, Wellpath, Women, Wyoming, Yoga
Weekly Update: January 14, 2025
Oversight & Statutory Rights In Corrections; Medicaid & Trump Administration; CMS Reentry Grant Announcement; More 1115 Approvals; Section 5121 FAQs
1115 Waiver, ACA, Adventist Health, Arizona, Baltimore, Bankruptcy, Bexar County, BOP, Butner, California, CDCR, Co-pays, Cognitive Decline, Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023, Correct Care Solutions, Cuyahoga County, Data & Statistics, Data Sharing, Dental Care, Florida, Georgia, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Harvey Weinstein, Incarcerated County, Insurance, Juveniles, Liability, Lockdown, Marcy Correctional Facility, Maryland, Medicaid, Milwaukee, Nevada, New York State, North Carolina, Ohio, Okaloosa County, Oklahoma County, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Oversight, Pennsylvania, PrimeCare Medical, Rikers Island, Riverside County, Robert Brooks, San Diego County, Seniors, Staffing Shortage, Suicide, Texas, Transgender, Trump Administration, Vermont, Washington State, Wellpath, Wisconsin, Yakima County
Weekly Update: January 7, 2025
2025 Policy Changes & Divergent Workflows: Healthcare in Correctional Facilities; 1115 Approvals; Data Sharing & Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
1115 Waiver, ACA, Adventist Health, Arizona, Baltimore, Bankruptcy, Bexar County, BOP, Butner, California, CDCR, Co-pays, Cognitive Decline, Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023, Correct Care Solutions, Cuyahoga County, Data & Statistics, Data Sharing, Dental Care, Florida, Georgia, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Harvey Weinstein, Incarcerated County, Insurance, Juveniles, Liability, Lockdown, Marcy Correctional Facility, Maryland, Medicaid, Milwaukee, Nevada, New York State, North Carolina, Ohio, Okaloosa County, Oklahoma County, Opioid Epidemic, Oregon, Oversight, Pennsylvania, PrimeCare Medical, Rikers Island, Riverside County, Robert Brooks, San Diego County, Seniors, Staffing Shortage, Suicide, Texas, Transgender, Trump Administration, Vermont, Washington State, Wellpath, Wisconsin, Yakima County