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Health Care Cost Breakthrough Team
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Team Purpose
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This team has broadened its focus beyond reducing health care costs for incarcerated populations to looking for any health care cost reduction opportunity.
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Current Status
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This team continues to track the county-wide savings from HB 2893, effective July 1, 2006, that brought discounted savings on hospital bills and physician services for inmates in county and city detention facilities. The law required that local governments compute the Medicaid rate and pay the bill appropriately. As such, the team along with the Kansas Department of Corrections, created a low-cost option for this to be accomplished centrally. Most local governments have selected this option.
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Results
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Updated savings results from HB 2893 can be found in the Claims Summary Report: County Jail Savings on Inmate Health Care Costs in the Resource Center. Preliminary data gathering on savings options for medical supplies indicates an average savings of 23%.
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Next Milestones
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The team has finished the work for medical supplies cost reduction, and is now sharing the results with other states and county officials.
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Related Links
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See how the Prescription Drug Breakthrough Team partnered to find savings for inmate medical care. Check out the Resource Center for more information and downloads. |
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