Mediko, Inc. is contracted
with J. Reuben Long Detention Center to provide
inmate healthcare services within the detention
center. Medical duties include ordering and
administration of all medications, regular sick call
clinics for the inmates, weekly physician sick call
and coordination of outside specialty services and
or clinics.
INMATE REQUESTS TO SEE MEDICAL STAFF
All inmates requesting to see the medical staff must
complete a sick call request via the kiosk. This
includes medical, dental, and mental health services.
The nurse will alert the correctional officers of
those inmates to be seen for sick call, and they will
be assessed at the scheduled sick call times. Inmates
are charged a co-pay for services requested, as well
as for medications, in accordance with detention
center policy.
MEDICATION PASSES
Medical staff passing medication will only be
performing those functions, and not regular sick call
during those times. If an inmate has a medical
request, they must complete a sick call request so
they can be triaged accordingly. Medication pass times
are based on medication orders, and therefore dosages
may be changed to accommodate medication pass times.
Further, medications may change in appearance due to
making generic substitutions.
INMATE REQUESTS TO SEE OWN PRIVATE PHYSICIAN
AND/OR REQUESTS TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL
Any inmate who requests to see their own private
physician and/or requests to go to the hospital is
responsible for the prior payment of those services.
This must be cleared by the Medical Staff and
Detention Administration first. Further, any
prescription received from a private physician and/or
the hospital is the responsibility of the inmate to
pay prior to the inmate receiving the medications.
Also, please note the Detention Center has a limited
narcotic usage policy and therefore any narcotic
medications are reviewed by medical staff and may be
changed by the physician/medical staff to a
non-narcotic substitute and/or a generic substitution.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
In the event of a medical emergency, inmates should
notify the correctional officers immediately. The
correctional officer(s) will contact the medical staff
to handle the medical emergency.
MEDICAL CO-PAY CHARGES
There is a medical co-pay in place within this
facility whereby the inmate’s commissary account is
charged. The inmate is charged for medical services,
medications, etc. as outlined in the Inmate Handbook
or the sick call slip, in accordance with Detention
Center policy.
HISTORY AND PHYSICAL / TB SCREENING AND/OR TESTING
If an inmate has any special medical conditions,
he/she should inform the medical staff at the time of
his/her medical interview. Previous treatment records
from the inmate’s physician are required and
therefore, the inmate is required to sign an
authorization release of records form. Without receipt
of the treatment records, and/or verification of
previous medical history, medications will not be
distributed to the inmate (unless ordered by the
physician).
MEDICAL CONFIDENTIALITY
Due to HIPAA regulations, an inmate's health
information
be discussed with anyone
other than the inmate. If there are any questions
regarding these regulations, please visit
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/summary/index.html
or contact Heather Lee, RN at
(843) 915-6899.
FAMILY REQUESTS
Under the HIPAA and medical confidentiality rules, no
medical information is released to family members,
friends, etc. A formal request may be made upon the
inmate’s consent and authorization, and fees will be
charged according to rules and regulations.
RIGHT TO REFUSE TREATMENT
A patient has the right to refuse medical treatment.
Upon the patient’s refusal, the patient is asked to sign a
Refusal of Treatment and Release of Responsibility
form. The patient will then assume all personal
responsibility for the conditions that may occur as a
result of his/her refusal of treatment. If the patient
later decides to seek medical treatment, the patient
must notify the medical staff immediately. Please
visit our website at
http://www.medikopc.com/correctional-health-care/"
*Please note: Due to security reasons, the
staff at J. Reuben Long Detention Center cannot
give out any information concerning an inmate
leaving the facility for any type of medical
treatment.