Mississippi DOC Awards $49 Million Prison Health Care Contract To Centurion Of Mississippi

On April 7, 2016, Centene Corporation announced that Centurion of Mississippi, LLC, a joint venture between Centene Corporation and MHM Services, Inc., was selected by the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) for a contract valued at $49.2 million annually to provide correctional health care services. Through this statewide contract, Centurion of Mississippi will be at-risk for medical, mental health, dental, and pharmacy services for over 17,000 inmates housed at MDOC facilities.

Centurion began providing health care services to the MDOC in July 2015 under a one-year emergency contract. Mississippi released the Request for Proposal (RFP 16 . . .