YesCare Selected as Provider for Healthcare in Collier County, Florida
June 25 2024 - 8:50AM
Business Wire
YesCare has successfully serviced
correctional facilities across the state of Florida; it is now
poised to bolster medical and behavioral services for the Collier
County Sheriff’s Office
YesCare, pioneer and premier provider of
correctional healthcare in the United States, has been selected to
provide comprehensive medical and behavioral healthcare services
within the Collier County Sheriff’s Office in Southwest
Florida.
The contract with a population of approximately 800 in two
facilities, the Naples Jail Center and Immokalee Jail Center,
commenced on June 1. Its addition increases the company’s synergies
across the state as YesCare provides correctional healthcare
services across Florida including the Gulf Coast, Central Florida,
Space Coast, and the Panhandle.
“YesCare is pleased to extend our patient-centered healthcare,
holistic care, and addiction treatment services to Collier County
in partnership with the Collier County Sheriff’s Office,” said
Jeff Sholey, CEO of YesCare. “We are thankful for their trust
and look forward to bettering lives and outcomes for our
patients.”
Added Sholey, “YesCare wants to continue to be the leading
partner in the Sunshine State to improve health outcomes and
reentry services to benefit not only the population we serve but
the people across the state. We’re excited to begin this work in
Southwest Florida.”
As a leading U.S. correctional healthcare provider, YesCare
synthesizes best practices and industry-leading approaches to
correctional healthcare to provide the very best care possible to
incarcerated individuals at competitive rates for our government
partners.
In its behavioral health role, YesCare offers comprehensive
behavioral health services based on early and thorough screening
and assessment of distress, disorder and risk. Prevention,
treatment, health education, continuity of care and community
reintegration services are central to our approach.
For more information on YesCare, please visit
yescarecorp.com.
About YesCare
YesCare is an industry leader providing comprehensive healthcare
and reentry services to incarcerated individuals. For more than 40
years, the YesCare team has provided expert medical, dental, and
behavioral health services to more than 1 million patients at 475
correctional facilities across the country. Its mission is to
provide exceptional care, put patients’ health and safety first,
and break the cycle of recidivism while helping improve the
communities where they live and work.
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