BREAKING: Maryland releases a damning audit of its corrections department and private for-profit healthcare vendors (Corizon/YesCare an Centurion). @pwoodreporter.bsky.social and I have the scoop. Threading key findings and reactions here: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow... - ThreadSky

conarck.bsky.social • 85 days ago

BREAKING: Maryland releases a damning audit of its corrections department and private for-profit healthcare vendors (Corizon/YesCare an Centurion). @pwoodreporter.bsky.social and I have the scoop. Threading key findings and reactions here:
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/maryland-correctional-health-audit-6X7TT5MRSFDE7AHGTCB3BBKJMQ/

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kestreldawn.bsky.social•85 days ago

📌

karesf.bsky.social•85 days ago

Hmmm, I wonder how local jurisdictions were affected.

conarck.bsky.social•85 days ago

Failure to monitor contractors: The state did not ensure its medical providers were doing proper intake exams within a week. Over the course of a few months, the audit found hundreds of missed exams.

conarck.bsky.social•85 days ago

Medical complaints unresolved: State officials failed to check on whether its vendors were resolving and thoroughly investigating medial complaints within 45 days. One person who had symptoms of an STD waited seven months for testing.

conarck.bsky.social•85 days ago

Staffing levels unchecked: The contracts set minimum clinical staffing levels that were never met. State officials never checked the accuracy of the staffing reports, auditors found.

conarck.bsky.social•85 days ago

Flaws in the contracts: The audit hit the state for offering lump sums to contractors, as opposed to a per-patient model used by many other states.

conarck.bsky.social•85 days ago

Questionable payout to a contractor: YesCare repeatedly asked the state for more money for a variety of reasons, including to cover rising costs and response to the coronavirus pandemic. The state paid them $20M and reduced the required staffing levels.

conarck.bsky.social•85 days ago

“It’s really shocking to think that the state is spending billions of dollars and nobody from the department is doing the basic things to make sure that they’re hiring nurses and making sure that incarcerated people are receiving care,” @corene.bsky.social, dep. director of ACLU Natl Prison Project

amongnotof.bsky.social•84 days ago

🤣🤣🤣 what? We don’t provide effective healthcare to our citizens who are not in prison, and you think that they’d properly care for them?

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