Bernalillo County officials learned that 58 percent of inmates at the Metropolitan Detention Center were enrolled in Medicaid during a one-day “snapshot” of the jail’s population last month, said Tom Swisstack, deputy county manager for public safety. The finding is good news for the county, which is developing a pilot program to enroll all eligible inmates in Medicaid, he said. The ultimate goal is to prevent inmates from returning to jail by enrolling them in medical, mental health and substance abuse services from the day they leave custody, Swisstack said. “Fifty-eight percent of 1,748 is a large number,” said Swisstack, referring to the total inmate population on June 18, the day the snapshot was taken.
County Officials Pleased By Mdc Medicaid Enrollment
Olivier Uyttebrouck / Journal Staff Writer, Albuquerque Journal
Sun, 07/19/2015 - 11:05pm
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Topics: New Mexico Bernalillo County Albuquerque
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