Milwaukee County Contracts With Wellpath For Correctional Health Care, Develops Plan To Self-Operate By 2021

On April 1, 2019, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, launched a two-year contract with Wellpath, LLC, valued at $39 million, to provide medical, dental, and mental health services to all inmates residing in the Milwaukee County Jail and House of Correction. By 2021 when the contract ends, the county intends to transition to a self-operated model of inmate medical care. Previously, the county contracted with Armor Correctional Health Services to provide correctional medical services; that contract ended March 31, 2019.

The county issued a request for proposals (RFP 98180020) on July 20, 2018, to rebid the contract. Initially, responses were . . .