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Corrections health care and plan for in‑house long‑term acute care cited as major driver of budget growth
Summary
GDC officials told lawmakers that higher offender counts, hospital claims, pharmacy costs and long‑term acute care needs are increasing medical spending; the budget includes electronic health records and funding to bring long‑term acute care behind prison walls.
Commissioner Tyrone Oliver and department health leaders told the appropriations subcommittee that increases in offender population and the costs of off‑site acute care are driving requests for additional health‑care funding.
The department said it transitioned physical‑health providers on July 1, 2024, and that despite that transition it is experiencing rising costs for physical health, pharmacy, mental health and dental services tied largely to population increases. "GDC and Centurion have worked diligently to reduce hospital length of stay, reducing claims expense," the commissioner…
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