Mills County hears Inogen Healthcare report; inmate-health resolution tabled, optional services notification approved

On Aug. 25 the Mills County Commissioners Court received a fiscal and claims report from Inogen Healthcare and approved an optional health-care services notification for submission to the state, while tabling an inmate-healthcare resolution that was not available at the meeting.

Mary Gales, identified at the meeting as representing Inogen Healthcare, briefed the court on claims processed from Sept. 1, 2024, through Feb. (sic) 2025 and reported total expenditures of $28,045.48 for that period. Gales said inpatient and outpatient services were the largest categories and that outpatient hospital services made up about 42.46 percent of the billed amount (reported as $11,908.81). She told the court Inogen had negotiated a previously misdirected bill with a long-time provider — reported in discussion as Hendricks —…