Mission Statement

To grow, through our experience, relationships, and reputation, and continue as the leader in providing affordable inmate health care to county jails.

FULL SERVICE HEALTHCARE SOLUTION FOR INMATES IN COUNTY FACILITIES

SOUTHERN HEALTH PARTNERS, INC.

SHP provides medical, dental, and mental health services to inmates in small and medium-sized county jail facilities.

We tailor our programs to the size of the facility and the desires of the jail managers and the various county government officials.

Our programs are personalized after careful attention to the needs of each facility.

We consider the need to retain current nursing staff and recruit locally where possible.

GET TODAY’S RISING HEALTHCARE COSTS UNDER CONTROL

Contracting your inmate healthcare may be a better way to control or reduce the escalating cost of care.

SHP operates contracts with a managed care ideology.

We have been able to find medical professionals who are willing to practice good correctional managed care and to eliminate many unnecessary trips outside the facility, as well as some pharmacy costs and other excesses. Fiscal planning may be easier with our pricing model, which allows our price to be set for three years in advance, and for a form of risk sharing that can be more predictable for budgeting.

Most of the contracts between the various county customers and SHP are designed to allow for comprehensive services, meaning that SHP manages the usage and costs of all services outside the jail as well as inside the jail facility.

SHP currently actively markets in the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

We have designed a generic Request for Proposal (RFP)  for County Jails and Detention Centers for the purpose of soliciting a medical care contractor.  This RFP includes a contract for use in the process.  You may choose to download this RFP if you plan to solicit health care providers.  It is available in both MS Word and Acrobat pdf versions.

If there will not be a solicitation (RFP) process, we have also provided for a download of a standard contract form that we would propose in the contracting process.   Also for download there is a survey form for completion if a county should want a written proposal for health care services from Southern Health Partners, Inc.