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Cowlitz County to switch jail medical provider; commissioners told cost will rise
Summary
Corrections director said county selected Medico as the low bidder for jail medical services; director warned the new contract will increase annual cost about 46% over the prior provider and will delay some program implementations until vendor onboarding.
Brent Fox, director of corrections, told commissioners the county awarded the inmate medical-services contract to Medico (lowest bidder) after a competitive process prompted by performance and litigation concerns with the prior vendor, NafCare.
Fox said the county's current annual cost for jail medical services with NafCare was presented in the briefing materials and that Medico's proposed first-year cost is $4,000,827. "That's a 46% increase," Fox said.…
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