There have been some updates to the business rules for the Network Contract DES (NCD) Impact and Investment Fund (IIF) which will make it easier to achieve the points available for the SMR-03 (NCD111) indicator. Previously the rule required patients who were on a direct-acting oral anti-coagulant (DOAC) to have a GFR within the contract […]
New GMS1 Form
From 2 October 2017, NHS England is introducing a new GMS1 form which includes the supplementary questions for patients not ordinarily resident in the UK. NHS England will deliver an initial stock of the new GMS1 form to your practice in September and additional stock of the new form will be available to order in […]
Set QoF Alerts to Look ahead and achieve
Were now in the 2nd half of the QoF year and time to think about setting your QoF alerts to look ahead to the end of the QoF year and what points and work needs to be done. 1 quick win is to ensure that you have set your status alerts to the end of […]
QoF Version 34 Rules
The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) Rules for Version 34 that apply to current 2016/17 QoF year have been released. Apart from the usual date amendments to reflect QoF 2016/17 there are a couple of code changes that may have an effect on your registers or achievement: 68NE. No consent – influenza imm. (Both Read Version 2 […]
QoF Version 33 Rules
QoF Version 33 Rules have been released by HSCIC and include codes added in the October 2015 release of Read codes. It is worthwhile making a check of any templates or protocols that you have in use to ensure that new codes are included and any changes to the existing code set are implemented. Although […]
Applied or Presented patients could be costing you
Ask any support provider for clinical computer systems as to what creates the highest volume of calls and Registration Links will appear as one. Understanding not only the process but why the correct sequence of steps need to be done is key to ensuring your system runs smoothly. As a practice you are paid for […]
Allocated Named Accountable GP
For 2015/16 it is a contractual requirement for all Practices to Allocate and inform patients of their named GP. This requires the practice to enter the new code ‘patient allocated named accountable general practitioner’ (Read v2 – 9NN60 or CTv3 – XacWQ) to confirm the practice has allocated a GP to each patient which should […]
Residential Institute Codes
Over the last few years Most practices have migrated from one system to another or upgraded their existing system and one thing we come up with regularly when talking to practices is problems with registration links. On helping practices we have identified that the Residential Institute codes may not always have been updated or re-configured […]
DM014 – Structured Education could catch you out
QoF (Quality and Outcomes Framework) Reporting tools are a great way to identify the work needed to achieve your end of year targets but patients could not be displayed due to the exceptions included within the rules and these patients could catch you out for next year. There are a number of indicators that require […]
CHD006 Achievement
Over the last few weeks I have been asked the same question from practices, support service personnel and also seen forum posts as to why they have not achieved or got any patients to achieve CHD006. In the QoF (Quality and Outcomes Framework) CHD006 indicator is: ‘The percentage of patients with a history of myocardial […]
