Kavita Patel|Amy E. Boutwell|Bradley W. Brockmann|Josiah D. Rich
Integrating Correctional And Community Health Care For Formerly Incarcerated People Who Are Eligible For Medicaid
Brookings Institution|Center for Health Care Strategies|Miriam Hospital|Miriam Hospital
affordable care act thirteen million adults opportunity obtain health insurance expansion medicaid program great deal effort currently devoted eligibility verification outreach enrollment look beyond important firstphase challenges consider people transitioning back community incarceration need receive effective care possible deliver costeffective highquality care population assistance coordinated correctional facility community across diverse treatment support organizations community article discusses several examples successful coordination care formerly incarcerated people project bridge community partnerships supportive services hivinfected people leaving jail compass program rhode island transitions clinic program operates ten us cities promote broader adoption successful models offer four policy recommendations overcoming barriers integrating individuals sustained communitybased care following release incarceration