Centurion Health succeeds providing direct staffing solutions because of our experience being more than just a ‘typical agency company’. As a leader of correctional healthcare services, many of our contracts in other states have program management and clinical service delivery requirements that far exceed simply placing personnel.
Patient Care is Our Top Priority
We understand and embrace the serious responsibilities inherent to the delivery of clinical services to patients in need of medical services that are often of a life sustaining or urgent nature. We know that prolonged vacancies, in any position, particularly key personnel, can be detrimental to the success of the agencies we serve and the patient populations they serve. As such, we utilize a two-pronged approach to make sure that we continuously have key personnel available for our programs.
Beyond correctional programs, with staffing services in California, Georgia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
Expansive recruiting resources, based throughout the country, and able to recruit and attract clinicians from a broader pool.
Using more modern tactics and strategies, we are able to find a great fit for our clients’ needs.
Staffing Solutions in California
Centurion Health has been providing staffing services for the California Department of State Hospitals since 2014 through the DSH Non-Physician Service Staffing contract. Through this program, we currently provide mental health personnel at two DSH hospital campuses. Staffing services to the California Department of State Hospitals at the Coalinga and Atascadero State Hospitals as part of the agency’s initiative to open new beds to relieve jail backlogs of patients in need of forensic services.
Centurion Health has had numerous notable staffing successes with DSH. Since 2015, Centurion Health has submitted over 303 RN candidates for the DSH’s consideration, with 151 working at facilities. We recruited 47 RNs who were hired as or converted to civil service during the contract period. We recruited and hired 23 psychiatrists, 10 psychologists, and 11 primary care physicians since 2015 for Coalinga and Atascadero State Hospitals.
Staffing Solutions in Georgia
For more than eight years, since March 2015, Centurion has been an indispensable partner to the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) at the West Central Georgia Regional Hospital (WCGRH). This 174-bed forensic and psychiatric hospital, located in Columbus, GA, serves 55 counties in Western Georgia. Our dedicated team at Centurion has been instrumental in providing exceptional staffing solutions and fulfilling critical positions, contributing significantly to the hospital’s vital services and the well-being of the communities it serves.
Staffing Solutions in Pennsylvania
Since 2014, Centurion Health currently operates a multi-agency staffing contract for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with the Pennsylvania Department of General Services, where Centurion successfully places hundreds of temporary relief healthcare staff across the state for multiple state and federal institutions, facilities, hospitals, agencies, and centers.
Under this contract, Centurion fills approximately 200 healthcare positions from a variety of administrative and clinical fields to fill vacancies. This contract also requires the credentialing and training of temporary staff, the use of an electronic vendor management system for requisitioning staff, and a Quality Assurance and Control component. We have worked collaboratively with the Commonwealth on several initiatives and enhancements throughout our relationship. We have held an average fill rate of 85% and we have added 50 new positions with increased run rate of $32M annual revenue in the first four years of the contract.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is correctional healthcare?
Correctional healthcare broadly refers to ensuring access to, and the delivery of, a broad array of healthcare services to incarcerated persons in correctional facilities (i.e., prisons, jails).
What services are provided in correctional healthcare?
Incarcerated persons must be afforded access to medical, dental, and mental health services provided by qualified healthcare professionals and services are held to similar standards as healthcare services in the community. Services are typically provided on site in the healthcare clinic areas of correctional facilities by teams of physicians, dental professionals, nurses, mental health professionals, and other healthcare providers across the broad spectrum of healthcare specialties. Services include primary care clinics, chronic care clinics, dental services, urgent care services, psychiatry, psychology, and physical and other rehabilitative therapies, patient education, and more. Patients requiring highly specialized services or hospitalization are transported to hospitals and specialists in the community.
What are the biggest challenges in correctional healthcare?
Incarcerated persons have often had little or no access to healthcare services prior to incarceration and can present with a wide range of complex needs and co-morbid conditions, making their initial contact with healthcare staff a key component to their initial screening and placement within the correctional system. The safety and security protocols of correctional facilities take precedence over all else, which can sometimes interfere with the delivery of healthcare services. However, healthcare professionals working in correctional facilities are viewed as key personnel and vital to the day to day operations of a correctional facility. Some of the biggest challenges in correctional healthcare include managing the complex healthcare needs of a large inmate population, ensuring safety and security, and addressing mental health issues.
How does healthcare in correctional facilities differ from healthcare outside?
Healthcare in correctional facilities goes beyond patient care and is part of a larger effort to rehabilitate incarcerated persons and prepare them for their successful return to the community. Many incarcerated persons have complex medical and/or mental health needs that will persist after their release, making the role of the healthcare professionals key to their long-term success after release.
Over 95% of people presently incarcerated will return to the community. The healthcare and rehabilitative services they receive while incarcerated has a direct impact on their success.
A Wide Array of Solutions
As a leading national provider of comprehensive services to correctional systems, Centurion Health offers a wide array of solutions including chronic disease management, mental health support and facility specific correctional medical services. Together we can work together as a united force for positive change, embracing society’s greatest challenges for a better tomorrow.
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Ready to enhance patient care in your facilities? We are humbled by the opportunity to serve alongside you and the meaningfulness of the services you provide for the health and safety of our communities. Contact Centurion Health today to discover how our specialized healthcare solutions can meet your unique needs.
