Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Grits for Breakfast

Criminal Law

: Grits for Breakfast

Older offenders driving TDCJ healthcare costs

Texas' Correctional Managed Health Care Committee meets in Dallas next week and they've posted the backup material related to their agenda online. (Large file - 169-page pdf.) Here are a few highlights that jumped out at me from that lengthy document:Correctional managed care in Texas lost a total of $24.2 million in the first three quarters of FY 2009, with losses of $5-7 million per month throughout the spring. One of the attachments describes $48 million the Lege approved in supplemental funding to UTMB and Texas Tech to cover these shortfalls. Who knows, however, if they've accurately budgeted going forward?In the most recent quarter, vacancy rates for psychiatrists at TDCJ topped 35%. The vacancy rate for physicians was 15% - a little higher for nurses and dentists...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 02, 2009 (boomark / email).