Medical
Contracts: In the early 1990's, Winston
was involved in developing the first official medical contracts
for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP). These contracting
models were used to train contracting staff across the
agency on how to establish and administer these new contracts.
The models were referred to as Physician, Hospital, and
Comprehensive Medical contracts. Throughout the years documents
were refined with each succession of contracts, producing
more effective documents which yielded more competitive
results. In the late 1990's, the bidding structure was
modified to require providers to bid from the “Benchmarked
Medicare Rates” which capped the fees on services. This
saved the FBOP a significant amount of funds and enabled
contracting staff to evaluate bids more efficiently. The
General Accounting Office (GAO) conducted a study in 2001
and determined these procedures were outstanding, and saved
the agency millions of dollars each year. In 2004, Winston
and his staff established a specialized medical section
for the FBOP which continues to serve as the preferred
model for medical contracting.
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