The negotiated contract is valued at approximately $359,000 per year for a total of approximately $1.8 million over the life of the contract. After the initial one year period of the contract, rates for subsequent years are subject to 3.5% automatic annual increases and adjustments. Conmed now has healthcare service contracts with 17 of 23 Maryland counties.
Under terms of the contract, Conmed will provide an inmate medical services platform that includes staffing of nurses and physicians and ancillary services such as laboratory and diagnostic x-ray procedures.
The Caroline County detention center formerly provided services by contracting with local physicians and hiring nursing staff as county employees to handle healthcare needs for the approximately 100 inmates of the facility.
Richard Turner, chairman and CEO of Conmed, said: “The contract, which is primarily for physician, nursing and ancillary services, fits well with Conmed’s growth strategy and our overall business model.”