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Sheriff seeks and court agrees to raise jail medical provider pay to avoid costly ER transports
Summary
The jail’s long-time contract medical provider asked the court to increase pay to cover rising insurance costs; commissioners agreed to seek internal offsets rather than replace the provider.
Sheriff Sappington told the court that the county’s contracted medical provider for the jail, nurse practitioner Holly Oliveras of Lake Powell Medical Clinic, asked to raise her monthly contract from $4,000 to $5,500 beginning Oct. 1 to cover sharply higher insurance costs. County officials told the commissioners that losing the contract provider would force far costlier emergency-room transports and off-duty staff hours to manage inmate medical needs.
Why it matters: The county’s decision affects how the jail…
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