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Sheriff’s office urges renewal of medical contract; lowering inmate threshold to cut costs would save little, staff say
Summary
Montezuma County staff described a proposed renewal with Southern Health Partners that includes a 4% rate increase and reported that lowering the contract’s guaranteed daily population from 80 to 60 would yield only modest savings.
Montezuma County sheriff’s office staff and commissioners discussed renewal of the county’s contract with Southern Health Partners (SHP) to provide medical services at the detention center. Staff said the renewal includes a 4% cost increase over last year.
Sheriff’s office staff reported that SHP’s chief financial officer advised that dropping the guaranteed adult daily population in the contract from 80 to 60 would not produce significant…
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