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Tri County secures outside correctional-health contractor after local provider exit; county share of 2026 costs rises
Summary
Tri County Community Corrections told Polk County commissioners that Altru and other local providers notified them they would stop correctional-health services after a state policy change; Tri County approved a contract with Advanced Correctional Healthcare and projects a large increase in 2026 medical costs that will raise Polk County26#8217;s
Tri County Community Corrections officials told Polk County commissioners on Oct. 21 that the county's correctional-health provider arrangement is changing after a local medical partner said it would end those services. Tri County's administrator said the board approved a short-term contract with Advanced Correctional Healthcare (ACH) to keep the jail and juvenile center staffed while the agencies and vendors work on a longer-term plan.
The change follows legislation that Tri County officials said requires jails to continue inmates' community prescriptions on intake. Tri County's presentation said that requirement has made some outside providers — including the health system that had provided on-site clinician services — unwilling to continue. "Once that temporary restraining order was lifted, then the provider's like, no, we're done," the Tri…
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