Correctional Healthcare

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WTS Health provides healthcare services to inmates of correctional facilities. We offer reception screening, physician, specialty clinic, mental health, nursing care, dental care, infirmary care, pharmacy, hospital care, laboratory, medical records management, utilization review, quality improvement, and medical education services, as well as electronic medical records - recently infusing Tele-Medicine into our list of services. Our dedicated professionals strive to provide exceptional health care services to both adult and juvenile offenders nationwide, and do so in a timely and efficient, but compassionate manner. 

Our Jail Health Services offer a full range of health care to all persons in the custody of the Department of Correction, including the following:

• Medical care
• Mental health care
• Substance use treatment
• Nursing services
• Social work services
• Specialty and Urgicare services
• Geriatric and complex care
• Dental care
• Pharmacy services
• Telehealth services
• Dialysis
• Nursery care
• Discharge planning and re-entry services

The WTS Health team is uniquely prepared to help states, counties, correctional systems and providers design, deliver and manage high-quality and affordable health services for the justice-involved population. For each of our partners, we customize a medical program to fit their unique facility and preferences. All of our programs use the American Correctional Association (ACA) standards as a basis for the policies and procedures as well as individual state standards when applicable. We have years of experience in: 

• Monitoring court-ordered arrangements 
• Developing dashboards to track important correctional health trends and outcomes 
• Assessing facility needs for future healthcare services 
• Establishing cost-effective, efficient systems for the procurement and safeguarding of prescription drugs 
• Accessing available funding for inmate healthcare by:  

1. Maximizing collection of federal Medicaid funds
2. Maximizing access to Marketplace plan coverage for jail detainees

• Building community partnerships to effectively monitor and improve jail health practices and outcomes 
• Developing diversion models with a particular focus on those with mental illness 
• Integrating behavioral and physical healthcare to better manage complex inmates 
• Implementing innovative models of care, including management of chronic disease and behavioral healthcare to improve outcomes, minimize risk and reduce cost 

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