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Seventh Circuit Revives Former Illinois Prisoner’s Claim for Delayed Hepatitis-C Treatment by David Reutter On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a former Illinois prisoner’s deliberate indifference claim against a healthcare provider contracted by the state Department of Corrections (DOC) could proceed …
cost of this arrangement to prisoners’ health—not to mention $8 million in lawsuit settlement payments to them or their estates—was laid bare in agreements obtained from Centurion
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cobbled together from profitable pieces of what used to be Corizon Health, whose money-losing parts were shunted into another entity called Tehum Care Services, which has filed for bankruptcy. [See: PLN
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a contract in July 2024 with YesCare, despite the bankruptcy of its predecessor, Corizon Health, as PLN reported. [See: PLN, Oct. 2024, p.60.]
Additional source: Baltimore Banner
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with graduations to a quarter share for those held 3-45 days. The settlement did not resolve Class claims against WexfordHealthServices and PrimeCareMedical of West Virginia, as well as the Commissions of seven
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Illinois Prisoner Awarded Over $822,000 For Hernia Care Denied by Wexford Health by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On April 2, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois denied relief to Wexford Health Sources, Inc., the private healthcare contractor for the state Department of Corrections …
Seventh Circuit Says Lack of Expert Testimony Dooms Illinois Prisoner’s Medical Neglect Claim by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit offered an Illinois state prisoner a hard lesson on July 27, 2023, affirming dismissal of his medical neglect claim against prison contractor …
Wexford Handbook Warns That Illinois Prisoners “Can Be Very Manipulative” by A “Provider Handbook” for “Physicians, Psychiatrists, Dentists, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants” employed in Illinois state prisons by Wexford Health Sources warns that “[i]nmates can be very manipulative,” so healthcare workers are advised to “[n]ever take anything from or …
Wexford Faces Liability for Indiana Prisoner’s Delayed Specialist Referral by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 3, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana only partly granted a motion for summary judgment filed by prison medical profiteer Wexford Health Sources, Inc. and its employees …
The Wexford Companies- Medical Guidelines-- New Mexico (2023) THE WEXFORD COMPANIES Medical Guidelines Region: New Mexico The Wexford Companies 501 Holiday Drive Suite 300 Pittsburgh, PA 15220 Phone: 412-937-8590 WEXFORD MILLER 000649 Medical Guidelines Region: New Mexico Corporate Authorization This Medical Guidelines has been reviewed and approved by the following …
ACLU Accepts $37,500 Settlement Over Redacted Records From New Mexico Prison Healthcare Provider by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Wexford Health Sources had been sued over 50 times in just four years when the state of New Mexico terminated the firm’s contract to provide healthcare to state prisons. That was …
$450,000 Settlement to Illinois Prisoner Whose Untreated Boil Left Him Paraplegic by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On August 17, 2021, after the IllinoisDepartment of Corrections (DOC) paid $450,000 to settle claims of medical neglect that cost him the use of his legs, a state prisoner successfully petitioned a federal …
Seventh Circuit Lets Wexford Skate from “Appalling” Treatment of Illinois Prisoner With Painful Anal Abscess and Fistula by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss After an Illinois prisoner developed a painful anal abscess and fistula, his medical care was “appalling” and the prison healthcare system was “dysfunctional.” But that’s just …
Seventh Circuit Refuses to Hold Wexford Liable for Prisoner’s Pain from Medical Transports in “Black Box” Restraint by David Reutter David M. Reutter For prison officials and healthcare providers who refused to grant an Illinois prisoner an exemption from wearing “black box restraints” during medical transport, a federal district court …
award to an Illinois prisoner against privateprison healthcare contractor Wexford Health Sources for deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. See: Dean v. Wexford Health Sources, 2022 U.S
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Wexford Health Sources Incorporated-Nursing Progress Notes-- New Mexico (2022) Nursing Progress Notes Region: New Mexico Wexford Health Sources, Inc. 501 Holiday Drive Suite 300 Pittsburgh, PA 15220 Phone: 412-937-8590 WEXFORD MILLER 001796 Nursing Treatment Protocols Region – New Mexico Corporate Authorization This Nursing Treatment Protocols has been reviewed and approved …
Federal Court Sanctions Wexford for Discovery Abuse in Illinois Prisoner’s Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 3, 2021, a federal court in Illinois granted a state prisoner’s motion for sanctions against Wexford Health Sources for responding to a specific discovery request by providing 272,000 pages of documents …
Seventh Circuit: No Case for Loss of Eye from Medical Neglect Because of Lack of Expert Testimony by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett A recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit highlights the importance of producing expert testimony to refute assertions made by defendant health …
Seventh Circuit Grudgingly Affirms Summary Judgment in Illinois’ Prisoner’s Suicide Lawsuit by Dale Chappell But Highlights Negligence of DOC and Wexford Health Staff by Dale Chappell Hinting that “another area of law” may provide relief, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on August 9, 2021, affirmed summary …
Rodesky v. Wexford, IL, Jury Verdict, Medical Neglect, 2021 1:15-cv-01002-JEH # 161 Page 1 of 2 E-FILED Saturday, 04 December, 2021 09:09:43 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD JURY VERDICT FORM 1. We, the jury, find as follows on Plaintiffs Eighth Amen dment claim against Randy Pfister: (Place an 11X …
