Jail clinic costs rise; Polk plans to hire overseer
Source: JEFF ECKHOFF, Des Moines REGISTER (IA), November 24, 2006
Polk County supervisors, concerned that a privately run jail medical clinic hasn't pinched pennies enough, have launched a search for someone to keep an eye on how it is operated. Supervisors voted unanimously this week to hire a new "health services administrator" to oversee the county's contract with Correctional Medical Services Inc., a St. Louis company.