Management Advisory Memorandum: Notification of Concerns Resulting from Multiple Office of the Inspector General Reviews Related to the Federal Bureau of Prisons Strategy for its Medical Services Contracts

Submitting OIG:

Department of Justice OIG

Date Issued:

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of Justice

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

22-113

Component, if applicable:

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Other

Questioned Costs:

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

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Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation	Additional Details
1a	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Create and implement guidance for a QASP or QASP equivalent to use as the basis to monitor performance under medical services contracts that contains: (1) measurable performance standards to ensure desirable contract requirement outcomes including those related to quality and timeliness of care; and (2) standards for maintaining documentation related to the ratings in the QASP.
1c	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Create and implement strategies to leverage inmate healthcare utilization data that the OIG recommended to collect in 2016, which would enable the BOP to determine the cost effectiveness of alternative medical services contract structures.
1f	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Create and implement a uniform or universal billing review and approval process to: (1) ensure medical claims are properly supported and (2) improve timeliness of processing medical invoices.
1g	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Create and implement a timeline for utilizing the medical claims adjudication vendor contract awarded in December 2019 to process and ensure healthcare claims are accurate and complete

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports

Create and implement guidance for a QASP or QASP equivalent to use as the basis to monitor performance under medical services contracts that contains: (1) measurable performance standards to ensure desirable contract requirement outcomes including those related to quality and timeliness of care; and (2) standards for maintaining documentation related to the ratings in the QASP.

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports

Create and implement strategies to leverage inmate healthcare utilization data that the OIG recommended to collect in 2016, which would enable the BOP to determine the cost effectiveness of alternative medical services contract structures.

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports