{"id":144,"date":"2026-05-28T15:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=144"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:42:19","slug":"philly-abruptly-dropped-its-jail-healthcare-contractor-after-more-than-3-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=144","title":{"rendered":"Philly abruptly dropped its jail healthcare contractor after more than 3 decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Philadelphia struck a deal with a new healthcare provider for the city\u2019s jails, replacing a longtime contractor that went bankrupt earlier this month and left medical staff unpaid for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=142\">Pittsburgh school board votes to close nine schools, 12 other facilities<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A  the city\u2019s request to terminate its contract with YesCare five weeks early and transfer local medical staff to the payroll of CFG Health, court records show. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The takeover by the South Jersey-based company marks the first time the city has changed jail healthcare providers in more than three decades \u2014 a period marked by mounting scrutiny of YesCare and its corporate predecessor, Prison Health Services and Corizon Health. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Between  daily in recent years, and the Philadelphia Department of Prisons is charged with their medical care.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Philadelphia relied on YesCare for a slew of services \u2014 from primary caretodentistryandpsychiatryservicesat the city\u2019s four jails and two off-site clinics.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The city\u2019s contract with YesCare was set to expire June31. After a bidding process that ended in February and yielded seven bids \u2014 including from YesCare \u2014 the city awarded the new one-year contract of up to $80 million to CFG Health.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>CFG Health had been scheduled to take over July 1.But YesCare\u2019s sudden financial collapse accelerated the timeline. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p> describe medical workers failing to report for shifts amid missed paychecks and uncertainty over whether employees would be paid at all; on one overnight shift not a single nurse reported for duty at the city\u2019s largest detention facility. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf the city is unable to fulfill its legal obligations, it will likely be exposed to increased litigation,\u201d its lawyers wrote in court filings asking to terminate the contract. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>John Mitchell, communications director for the Philadelphia Department of Prisons, said medical and behavior services transitioned to CFG Health Monday with \u201cno operational issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>CFG Health CEO Brandon De Julius said the company\u2019s \u201cimmediate focus is continuity of care, operational stability, and supporting the employees who provide these essential services every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=140\">A rare white wine from Bordeaux for less than $10<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The city also \u201cwired funds to YesCare\u201d to pay medical staff who continue to work inside its jails, Joe Grace, the mayor\u2019s communications director, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>However, prison advocates say the crisis exposed the risks of relying on private for-profit healthcare contractors \u2014 and the lack of independent oversight surrounding a major deal involving care for incarcerated people. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>YesCare\u2019s bankruptcy followed a $308 million federal verdict in Michigan against the company in a medical negligence case and Alabama\u2019s termination last month of a $1 billion prison healthcare contract with the company.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The company has been entangled in litigation and scandal throughout its decades-long tenure in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In 2002, Mayor John Street terminated the city\u2019s contract with YesCare\u2019s predecessor for a few months following public outrage over deaths in the jail. In 2013, the company agreed to pay $1.85 million to settle allegations it circumvented minority-contracting rules. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Philadelphia\u2019s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 again placed scrutiny on medical care in the jails, leading the city to enter a settlement that included a commitment to addressing a medical visit backlog. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But lawsuits over poor medical care persisted.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Last year, voters overwhelmingly approved the creation of a permanent prison oversight structure \u2014 the Office of Prison Oversight and a citizen-led Philadelphia Prison Community Oversight Board \u2014 following years of calls for greater transparency inside the jails. But the system is not fully in place, and the city was not required to seek outside review before signing the new contract.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>City Councilmember Nicolas O\u2019Rourke, who last year questioned the city\u2019s reliance on YesCare, said the emergency transition offered Philadelphia an opportunity to break from a contractor he described as deeply troubled.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI am grateful that the city has been able to exit a partnership with a failing firm,\u201d O\u2019Rourke said in a statement. \u201cOur incarcerated constituents, entirely in our city\u2019s care and too often at our city\u2019s mercy, must have the care they need, because we already know substandard care is fatal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=138\">\u2018Genius\u2019 Tyshawn Sorey doesn\u2019t care for labels of jazz or classical, but continues to make exquisite music<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It signed a deal with a new provider, CFG Health. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-philadelphia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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