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Wichita County indigent health office reports lower costs, expanded partnerships
Summary
County staff told the Commissioners Court the Indigent Health Office is serving roughly 91–96 active clients, has reduced prescription and cremation costs through outside partnerships, and is recouping some burial expenses when estates allow.
The Wichita County Commissioners Court received an activities report from the Indigent Health Office during the meeting. Indigent Health Office staff said the office is serving about 91 active clients for regular primary and specialty care and about 96 clients when walk-ins and recent casework are included.
The report matters because indigent health spending is funded from county budgets and tobacco- and grant-allocated funds; staff told the court that stronger partnerships have reduced direct county spending on prescriptions and funerals. "We are sitting at 91, give or take a few," an Indigent Health Office staff member said when presenting client totals.
Office staff described several changes that have driven down costs. They said burial and cremation…
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