New Papers Highlight ACA’s Impacts on Correctional Health Care System
Letter from the president of COCHS
Dear Colleague,
With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, Community Oriented Correctional Health Services (COCHS) recognized the potentially huge implications of parity and Medicaid expansion for the criminal justice system. We have published several papers on these issues, all of which are available on our website at: www.cochs.org.
But the ACA is having other, less widely recognized impacts as well, most notably by driving the creation of consumer-driven health care systems within correctional settings, as well as the establishment of payment arrangements based on value instead of volume.
Two new papers from COCHS address these developments in depth:
- Consumer Rights Come to Jail: How the Affordable Care Changes the Rights of Individuals Pending Disposition, by COCHS General Counsel Daniel J. Mistak, describes how the ACA endows individuals pending disposition with new consumer rights — and the implications of those rights.
- Development of a Performance-Based RFP for Correctional Health Care Services in Vermont, by COCHS Research Associate Ben Watts, is a case study of how a state correctional health care system created a new performance-based contractual model in alignment with state and federal health reforms.
I think you will find both these reports very informative. I encourage you to read them and share them with your colleagues.
Best wishes,
Steven Rosenberg
President, COCHS
Publication explores link between county jails, Affordable Care Act
From the NACo website, excellent resources for county administrators.
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NACo has produced a publication that examines how counties can be involved in enrolling individuals held in county jails who become newly eligible for health insurance coverage in 2014 through the Affordable Care Act. It outlines some of the potential issues and challenges county jail and human services staff may face and also features examples and ideas for developing enrollment strategies and processes. To access the publication, click here.
Contact: Anita Cardwell • 202.942.4267