Managed Care
Access to High-Quality, Low-Cost Health Care
The Correctional Managed Health Care program is a partnership among the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯) and the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston. The partnership is responsible for providing comprehensive health care services to adult offenders incarcerated in Texas state prisons. The partnership is operated under the guidance of the legislatively established Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, under the direction of TDCJ. All partners share the primary goal of providing access to high-quality, low-cost health care.
- Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ is a nationally recognized leader in correctional health care.
- Providing coverage for 30,000 inmates in West Texas.
- Providing health services for offenders housed in TDCJ correctional facilities since 1989.
- TDJC facilities receiving Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ services are accredited by the American Correctional Association (ACA).
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯) Managed Care provides health services to approximately 30,000 patients in 27 correctional facilities at twenty-three geographical locations as a partnership with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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