Supporting organizations in elevating healthcare and quality standards in justice‑involved settings.
HMA’s justice-involved services team is uniquely qualified to help organizations deliver optimal care for the justice-involved population. Our correctional healthcare experts include clinicians, mental health professionals, program administrators, and former correctional leaders, all with in-depth experience in their field. Every day, we’re helping organizations across the nation make the most of carceral health opportunities emerging from local legislation and federal health reform. No team is better equipped to help your organization design, deliver, and manage high-quality, affordable correctional healthcare services.
From prevention to post-release, we’ll be your guide.
HMA provides services for all stages of justice-involved care:
Public Safety and Crisis Diversion: Programs and projects aimed at keeping people out of the justice system by creating systems of specialized response to meet medical, mental health, and substance use disorder (SUD) needs.
In Custody: Providing care and programming to ensure quality medical and behavioral health supports are prioritized in jails and prisons.
Upon Release/Return to Community: Transition of care beyond jails and prisons, including continuation of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT).
Quality Science: Efforts focused on the prevention of adverse events, suboptimal care, ineffective treatments, inefficient processes, and unnecessary clinical variation.
Special Populations: Specialized approaches and expertise to meet the needs of all people in the justice system.
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Specific justice-involved services include:
- HEDIS improvement strategies
- Medicare Star Rating maximization
- Aligning quality Medicare STAR and risk analytics to save costs
- HEDIS roadmap support and development
- Preparation and analysis of mergers for health system acquisition of carceral healthcare
- Contract compliance, risk management, and quality improvement review
- On and off-site service contract review
- Analysis of reimbursement arrangements, pharmacy practices, utilization, and cost data
- Planning and implementation of Department of Justice strategic responses
- Optimization of Medicaid and payer coordination
- Community partnerships
- Vendor service contracts
- Behavioral health expertise
- Crisis intervention and diversion
- 988 planning and implementation
- Guidance to address SUD within the justice system
- MAT implementation efforts including licensing for providers
- Tailored guidance and direction for juvenile justice providers and partners
- Direction of public health systems to establish structures for community benefit
- Assessment tool for county jails to determine readiness for a MAT or medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) program
- Focus on continuum of care, including NCQA, PCMH, and PCSP accreditation
- Assistance in achieving and maintaining accreditation with ACA, NCCHC, JCAHO
- Standards and patient safety protections
- Quality improvement for jails and prisons
- Partnering with clinicians to improve accessibility and provision of care
- Training and leadership in trauma informed care
- Filling interim leadership roles with experienced clinicians and operations experts
- Review and improvement of COVID-19 protocols and procedures
- Appraisal of healthcare practice efficiency and effectiveness
- Staffing models by service line and/or program
Our experienced team provides in-depth technical assistance and individualized program development expertise in every service area, every step of the way.
If you’re involved in justice-involved care, we can help you.
HMA knows healthcare in and around the justice system extends to a wide range of provider types and partners—and we have helped them all.
Our clients and partners have included:
- Health systems
- Clinical service providers
- Sheriff offices
- State correctional systems
- Law enforcement, parole/probation teams
- Foundations
- Non-profit organizations
- Public health departments, state and local
- Federal government agencies and programs
We understand no two projects are the same. Our extensive experience gives us the know-how and industry-leading advantage to approach each project and client with confidence, and tailor solutions to meet your specific needs.
Discover solutions tailored to fit your needs.
A proven track record of partnership.
Dive into our Justice Involved case studies to see the results of our partnerships.
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