All Payment by results (PbR) articles – Page 4
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NewsExclusive: Spike in NHS block contracts raises private sector concerns
Data shows 37 per cent increase in value of block contracts for planned care over past three years Growth in block contracts mainly in public sector providers, London and the South King’s College Hospital, Guys’ and St Thomas’, and Cambridge University Hospitals among those seeing steepest growth in block ...
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NewsExclusive: Increase expected in national tariff rate
Increase expected in tariff rates for the first time in several years Providers may get additional, organisation specific savings targets NHS England to decide details of local health economy transformation fund National tariff prices are set to be increased in 2016-17 for the first time in several years, ...
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NewsNew tariff objection threshold faces Lords challenge
Labour peers to challenge government’s plans to raise objection threshold needed to trigger tariff arbitration this afternoon Lord Hunt to move amendment claiming proposed changes to secondary legislation are “fundamentally unfair” Lords scrutiny committee warned public consultation on the changes was too short NHS Providers has raised concerns with ...
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HSJ KnowledgeEasy does it: why slow but sure is the key to redesigning patient pathways
Redesigning patient pathways is a process that must be handled with care but the results are worth the trouble
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NewsExclusive: Mackey backs calls for reduced savings target
Jim Mackey says an efficiency factor of 2 per cent is “closer to what’s doable” in 2016-17 NHS Improvement chief says there’s a need to make savings targets “challenging but within reach” He hopes to “be clear” by end of the month about package of measures to help bring provider ...
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NewsMonitor chief warns: Providers can’t bear more than 2pc savings
David Bennett has warned that NHS providers have little scope to get their deficit below £2bn in 2015-16, and that national bodies must ensure tariff prices for next year impose a savings requirement of no more than 2 per cent.
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NewsNursing directors worry that 'finance is king' as winter looms
Directors of nursing have warned of their increasing concerns for patient safety as winter approaches, claiming the ‘pendulum is swinging’ towards trusts’ workforce decisions being led by financial considerations due to the escalating NHS deficit.
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NewsMonitor moves to mandate new mental health payment systems
Mental health providers could be required to adopt new payment systems from April next year, in a bid by Monitor to finally move the sector away from block contract funding.
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NewsClinical commissioners attack 'oppressive' regulatory regime
Clinical commissioning groups have hit out at what they describe as an ever growing bureaucracy and an ‘oppressive’ reporting process imposed by national bodies, which they say is making their jobs more difficult.
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CCGs support controversial change to tariff veto power
The representative body for clinical commissioning groups has backed plans to make it more difficult for NHS providers to block national tariff proposals.
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LeaderThis is the chance to stem GP leaders' frustration
Despite the share of health spending in general practice falling
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NewsPrivate providers could take big hit from NHS price changes
Private hospitals could see a steep cut in their income from NHS funded services under draft prices proposed for 2016-17, Monitor has warned.
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NewsDH to clip major hospitals’ power to veto tariff
The Department of Health has moved to drastically curb the power of NHS hospitals to veto unpopular proposals for the pricing of NHS services.
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CommentThe current payment system won't enable the forward view vision
Incentivise outcomes rather than inputs
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HSJ Local
Commissioners dip into reserves to fund trust’s tariff option
FINANCE: Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group has had to raid its reserves in order to cover the costs of implementing its main acute trust’s enhanced tariff option, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMonitor readies itself to refer tariff row to CMA
Monitor’s pricing team are readying themselves to be able to refer rejected tariff proposals for 2015-16 to the Competition and Markets Authority as soon as next month, should the regulator’s board decide to do so.
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HSJ LocalPeterborough rejects contract proposals from new commissioner
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust has still not agreed contractual arrangements with its new commissioner for older people’s services, despite the NHS owned organisation taking charge of services this month.
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NewsLiberal Democrats commit to repeal competition elements of Health Act
The Liberal Democrats have criticised the role of competition in the health service, pledging to repeal parts of the Health Act 2012 and end the competition authority’s role in health.
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