Transcript Document

Joint LMC /NHS England
Finance Workshop
3rd March 2015
Content
• Finance issues awareness
• Recent contractual changes to
GMS/PMS/APMS
• Who pays what?
• Payment processes
• Premises
• Guide to Yearend/Legacy issues
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Raising Awareness
• Internal issues- within NHS England’s control
e.g. payment omission
• Issues driven by external forces e.g. national
issues:
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Glitch on NHAIS/Exeter
Technical issues on national systems such as CQRS
Central directives
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NHS England Response
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Send communication out to practices
Explanation of causes
Impact on Practices
Advise practices on corrective actions.
Working more closely with FHS teams.
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Recent Contractual Changes (1)
All Contract types – GMS/PMS/APMS
Funding increase in core contract:
• 238 points reinvested at £5.15 per weighted patient.
(see PMS exception)
• £1.35 per weighted patient reinvested from Enhanced
services.
• Inflationary uplift of £0.27 per weighted patient.
• Out of Hours deduction revised from 6% to 5.46% of
Global sum (£73.56 per weighted patient plus 6% of
the London supplement (£2.18 per registered patient).
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Recent Contractual Changes (2)
Funding increase in Enhanced services:
103 QOF points reinvested into Enhanced services comprising:
• 100 points into a new ES “Avoiding Unplanned Admissions”
• 3 points to increase the tariff for Learning Disabilities from £102.16 to £116 per
health check.
• Cessation of ‘Improving Patient Online Access’ and Remote Care monitoring on
31st March 2014 to fund core.
• Risk Profiling ES now subsumed into Avoiding Unplanned Admissions ES.
Reduction in QOF points:
• 341 QOF points retired to fund core and ES thereby reducing 900 points to 559
points.
Seniority Pay:
• Closed to new entrants from 1st April 2014.
• To be phased out by March 2020.
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Recent Contractual Changes (3)
GMS only:
• The Minimum Practice Income Guarantee (MPIG) being
phased out over 7 years hence MPIG decreased by 1/7th in
2014/15 where relevant.
• £0.55 per weighted patient reinvested into core funding for
GMS practices only.
PMS only:
• 238 QOF points reinvested in core at £2.93 per weighted
patient to take account of PMS QOF points deduction.
• NO MORE QOF points deduction.
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Who pays what?
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Primary Care Finance team
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Primary Care commissioning team
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Core contract calculations for payments to PMS/APMS practices
List size adjustments for PMS/APMS- calculations
KPI calculations
Adjustments required to premises costs for rent revaluations
Directed Enhanced services (DES)
Locum re-imbursement
QOF achievement and aspiration
FHS/PCSS team
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Seniority
Premises costs (in conjunction with NHS Property Services), including water and business rates
PADMs
Pensions & levies
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Public Health team
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All services commissioned by the Public Health department
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Payment Process (1)
Practice Payment
Practice Claim
Contractual
Payment
Via CQRS
Via
CQR
Monthly
QOF
aspiration
payment(70%)
Annual QOF
achievement
payment
Finance
Monthly core contract
payment based on April list
size
List size adjustment
payments added
quarterly
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Payment Process (2)
Practice Payment
Contractual
Payment
Practice Claim
Is it for
premises?
Practice submits claim directly to FHS/PCSS
before last working day of month for payment in
following month’s payment run.
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NO
Is it for
DES?
Practice submits claim to Commissioner (may be
via CQRS, Open Exeter) in line with DES
submission timetable. Commissioner validates
and arranges payment in line with DES guidance.
YES
NO
Is it a locum
claim?
Submit claim following local guidance.
YES
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Premises cost reimbursement
Reimbursable costs:
• Rent – notional
- actual
• Business rates
• Water
• Clinical waste
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Premises cont’d
Rent
• Notional
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Rents require completion on CMR1 and CMR2 forms every 3 years
Commissioners to instruct District Valuer (DV)
Commissioner notifies practice of new valuation and rate
Commissioner authorises new rate (arrears/recovery)
Quarterly/monthly payments with standard contractual payment
• Actual rent
Landlord instigates rent review; tenant and landlord agree: rent review
memorandum required.
Commissioners instruct DV: if rent greater then tenant to pay difference
Commissioners authorises new rate - arrears paid
Paid quarterly or monthly
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Year End Guide/Legacy issues
• Last day for Commissioners to receive claims
information from practices for accrual
purposes is 8th April 2015.
• Any claims that predate 1st April 2013 should
be forwarded to the Central team at
• [email protected]
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Questions ?
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