Corporate History


NaphCare. Your independent healthcare choice.

NaphCare, Inc. has over 19 years of experience providing quality healthcare services to the incarcerated population, including both state and federal inmates. We currently provide comprehensive medical services, dialysis services, and provider network and billing services for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Based in Birmingham, Alabama, we’ve enjoyed steady growth for nearly two decades.

  • Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama
  • Founded in 1989
  • Solely owned
  • Employ approximately 600 employees
  • Provide health, mental, dental services for correctional facilities
  • 12 Department of Corrections Facilities
  • 10 County Jails
  • 19 Federal Bureau of Prison Facilities
  • Provide dialysis services for department of corrections and prisons

These distinct but related business lines provide valuable experience applicable to our delivery of comprehensive healthcare. We successfully operate inmate healthcare programs for correctional facilities across the nation. Our corporate management team is comprised of experienced clinicians, administrators, and legal experts, who have witnessed the company's rapid but measured growth. As a privately owned company, NaphCare is under the leadership of our Chief Executive Officer and founder, James McLane. Our responsiveness to our client's needs and our excellent customer service are the cornerstones of our reputation as a solid correctional healthcare services provider.

NaphCare Company Highlights

NaphCare’s business development philosophy is to continue to practice our targeted approach, based on the specific business needs of our company and the healthcare requirements of the potential client. A timeline of our company’s service history is provided below, outlining our expertise in all of the following:

1989

Pharmacy Services: NaphCare was awarded the first correctional healthcare contract to provide pharmacy services to the inmate population for a County correctional facility. This was one of the first capitated pharmacy contracts in the nation.

1995

Dialysis Services: NaphCare entered the correctional on-site dialysis market to operate a dialysis clinic for a Department of Corrections prison system.

1996

Comprehensive Medical Services: NaphCare was awarded a contract to provide comprehensive healthcare services for a County correctional facility.

2000

Dialysis Services for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP): NaphCare was awarded a multi-year contract to provide on-site dialysis services for a Federal correctional complex.

2003

Comprehensive Provider Networks for the FBOP: NaphCare was awarded a contract to provide administrative and medical services for a United States Penitentiary.