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14 Oct 2015, 10:44 am by Chain | Cohn | Stiles
Participation by the workers’ compensation and personal injury law firm in the health fair was part of the law firm’s partnership with Kern County prisons called Group Law Services. [read post]
23 Jul 2013, 11:59 am
First, "State or Local law must require the prisoner (or the patient under the government agency's custody) to repay the cost of medical services they receive while in custody. [read post]
Correctional Service Canada (CSC) has announced that it will begin vaccinating federal prisoners against the COVID-19 virus. [read post]
30 Oct 2015, 6:31 pm by Staff Writer
It is often difficult to determine the correct manner to bill for certain services without consulting with a team of regulatory lawyers. [read post]
6 Mar 2020, 8:49 am by Maria Morris
Many people in prisons and jails are in relatively poor health and suffer from serious chronic conditions due to lack of access to healthcare in the community, or abysmal healthcare in the correctional system. [read post]
7 Mar 2012, 6:09 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" By contrast, when similar numbers are calculated in the adult system, they only include diagnoses for the three categories of severe mental illness prioritized by the Department of State Health Services - major depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. [read post]
16 Aug 2017, 6:45 am
This must change, and we’re filing a class action lawsuit against the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services on behalf of all the men, women and youth behind bars to reform these conditions. [read post]
27 Oct 2014, 9:30 pm by Dori Molozanov
Federal law generally prohibits states from using Medicaid funds to pay for prisonershealth care. [read post]
8 Aug 2023, 8:58 am by The Petrie-Flom Center Staff
Experts in correctional health care, academic medicine, nursing, and civil rights address knowledge gaps and propose policy agendas to improve the care of prisoners facing intersecting inequities and respective harms. [read post]
23 Apr 2018, 8:15 am
Despite the fact that 1,099 out of about 1,200 patients at the prison require mental health care, EMCF also does not provide essential treatment services, like group therapy and individual counseling to prisoners. [read post]
12 Jun 2023, 4:01 pm by Michel-Adrien
Correctional Service Canada, which administers federal prisons, has a research unit that periodically publishes its findings.Here are 2 of its recent publications:The Adverse Childhood Experiences of Canadian Federal Offenders: "Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) refer to instances of abuse, neglect, or household dysfunction that have been linked to a number of negative health, neurological and behavioural outcomes in adulthood. [read post]
22 Jul 2015, 7:33 am by GGCSMB&R
The author also looks at the history of health services to jails and prisons from the 1970’s when wardens and sheriffs lacking medical expertise started to ask for the help of private medical providers until today when private companies have taken over most of the prison healthcare system and put profit over inmates health care. [read post]
10 Dec 2010, 5:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Might universities cease providing health care in the Texas prison system, reverting to TDCJ-employed doctors at the agency's 85 in-prison health clinics? [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 11:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The remaining 10 requested positions will be utilized as special needs reentry transitional coordinators dedicated to address the mental health needs of incarcerated offenders by providing a full range of reentry services to this special needs population.This item includes funding to expand jail diversion services in metro areas, providing offenders with special needs services designed to divert them from incarceration in prisons and state jails. [read post]
8 Jun 2020, 2:34 pm by Michel-Adrien
"The article looks at the obligations to provide health services in correctional institutions, reports by the federal prisons ombudsman, the debate over early release of inmates during the pandemic, and current court challenges against the Canadian government's handling of the situation [read post]
19 Aug 2008, 11:59 am
"Juvenile probation budgets for mental health services are much smaller, though probation serves perhaps 97+% of juvenile offenders, not TYC. [read post]
17 Mar 2024, 5:42 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on March 13, 2023, alerts health plans and health insurers, their fiduciaries and plan sponsors, health care providers, health care clearinghouses, and their business associates (covered entities) against overlooking their own potential HIPAA responsibilities arising from the February 21 Choice Health attack or other similar events. [read post]