All Payment by results (PbR) articles – Page 11
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HSJ KnowledgeReducing readmissions could save more than £600m in PBR penalties. Sg2 explains how
Changes to the Payment by Results policy in April 2011 are intended to incentivise trusts to reduce emergency readmissions - or face damaging financial penalties. Analysis by healthcare intelligence specialists Sg2 shows how preventing readmissions could save the health service more than half a billion pounds.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners to investigate 'disproportionate' activity rise
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners in west London ordered a report into short stay emergency admissions at their main hospital after becoming suspicious about an activity rise in the run-up to the trust’s Monitor application.
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CommentThe government's failure to justify reform has left the public short of options
Huge strides have been taken to offer NHS patients a choice of different providers, but there is now a real chance of a backwards step under the coalition government, says management consultant Paul Corrigan.
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NewsMental health PbR to be reviewed
The government is to review the much-delayed drive to introduce payment by results to mental healthcare.
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NewsMonitor urges trusts to use service line system
Monitor is encouraging trusts to use service line management to improve quality and control costs, amid evidence that senior management is taking back control of trust finances.
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NewsGP performance bonuses fail to improve public health
Performance-related pay for GP practices has failed to improve their prevention and health promotion work, according to research published today.
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HSJ Local
Lincs PCT chosen to pilot PbR for drug and alcohol treatment
FINANCE: The area has been chosen as a pilot scheme for introducing payment by results for drug and alcohol services.
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HSJ Local
South London Healthcare Trust to move back to payment by results
FINANCE: The large south London acute was put on a block contract by its commissioners after “contracting issues” last year but will be moving back to payment by results for 2011-12.
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HSJ Local
NHS Wiltshire assesses impact of 2011-12 tariff change
FINANCE: NHS Wiltshire is planning to achieve a £6.5m surplus at the end of 2011-12, but is struggling to make the new tariff arrangements add up.
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NewsPerformance linked pay for managers labelled a 'distraction'
Linking the stay of senior staff to national objectives would be an “unhelpful distraction”, according to the NHS managers’ union.
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NewsHospitals will not have to close - Lansley
Hospitals will not have to close despite the NHS budget facing annual real-term cuts of 4 per cent, the government said.
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NewsTariff weighting could 'reduce' trust mergers - King's Fund
Paying a higher tariff rate to trusts with larger capital costs could reduce the need for hospital reconfigurations, a report from the King’s Fund has claimed.
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HSJ KnowledgeA pathway to success for total joint replacement services
An ambitious redesign of total joint replacement services could lead to a massive level of savings without the loss of capacity at the same time. Sg2 vice president Meghan Robb outlines the potential.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: the true cost of training
In a transparent, rules based funding system like payment by results, how can we ensure a steady flow of financial goodies to the deserving rich in the London teaching hospitals?
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HSJ Local
Salisbury FT in overperformance dispute with PCTs
FINANCE: Salisbury FT has been issued with performance notices, warning notices and and exception report by NHS Wiltshire.
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HSJ Local
RDASH FT pressing on payment by results prep
FINANCE: Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber Mental Health Foundation Trust is attempting to prepare for the introduction of payment by results to the mental health sector.
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HSJ Local
NHS Dorset in cancer drug dispute
FINANCE: NHS Dorset is in dispute with Poole Hospital Foundation Trust (PHT) over the cost of cancer drugs.
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Comment
'Is the long stay trim a haircut too far?'
With payment by results, the devil is sometimes in the detail.
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NewsPrice competition could raise death rates, experts warn
The decision to let NHS hospitals compete with each other on price from next year threatens to harm care and raise death rates, experts warn.
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NewsHospital productivity has fallen over last decade
Hospital productivity has fallen by an average of 1.4 per cent a year since the publication of the NHS Plan ten years ago, the National Audit Office has said.