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County health staff say Medicaid absorbed more than $6.3 million in jail inpatient charges in FY2024
Summary
Health department staff told commissioners that charges for inpatient hospitalizations of Wayne County jail inmates totaled $6,313,851.06 redirected to Medicaid in FY2024 (71 inmates) and $4,064,342.02 for FY2025 (28 inmates through Aug 2025); commissioners requested cause categories and multi-year trend data.
Wayne County health department staff reported that Medicaid absorbed substantial inpatient hospital charges for Wayne County jail inmates across recent fiscal years, and commissioners asked staff to produce category-level reasons and trend analysis to inform policy and budgeting.
Ebony McCann, transition services division director in Health, Human and Veteran Services, said the report was prepared under ordinance 2024-664. For fiscal year 2024 (Oct. 1,…
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