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Virginia moves to immediately sever ties with prison health care contractor
From Virginia Mercury
Virginia moves to immediately sever ties with prison health care contractor. ‘The relationship has degraded significantly.’
By: Ned Oliver - October 13, 2021 3:01 pm
The Virginia Department of Corrections appears headed toward a messy breakup with the company that provides medical care in about half of the state’s prisons.
DOC director Harold Clarke announced in July he intended to bring all health care services in-house, ending its $90-million annual contract with Miami-based Armor Correctional Health.
But rather than let the current contract run its course for the next year as initially planned, prison officials now say they’re taking immediate steps to end the state’s relationship with Armor, accusing the company of stonewalling corrections officials since the announcement.
“The relationship and correspondence with the vendor has degraded significantly,” Clarke wrote in a letter to House and Senate budget leaders. “The lack of communication and the activities of the vendor significantly jeopardize the ability of the department to ensure constitutionally adequate medical care is being provided as contractually required by the vendor and is unsustainable for any amount of time.”
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https://www.virginiamercury.com/blog-va/virginia-moves-to-immediately-sever-ties-with-prison-health-care-contractor-the-relationship-has-degraded-significantly/
By: Ned Oliver - October 13, 2021 3:01 pm
The Virginia Department of Corrections appears headed toward a messy breakup with the company that provides medical care in about half of the state’s prisons.
DOC director Harold Clarke announced in July he intended to bring all health care services in-house, ending its $90-million annual contract with Miami-based Armor Correctional Health.
But rather than let the current contract run its course for the next year as initially planned, prison officials now say they’re taking immediate steps to end the state’s relationship with Armor, accusing the company of stonewalling corrections officials since the announcement.
“The relationship and correspondence with the vendor has degraded significantly,” Clarke wrote in a letter to House and Senate budget leaders. “The lack of communication and the activities of the vendor significantly jeopardize the ability of the department to ensure constitutionally adequate medical care is being provided as contractually required by the vendor and is unsustainable for any amount of time.”
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https://www.virginiamercury.com/blog-va/virginia-moves-to-immediately-sever-ties-with-prison-health-care-contractor-the-relationship-has-degraded-significantly/