160 likes | 293 Views
General Practice Finance. What You Need to Know. Objectives. To know how General pactice is financed How can a doctor impact the bottom line Some the terms that we need to know Q and a. general practice is a privately run business independently contracting with the government.
E N D
General Practice Finance What You Need to Know
Objectives • To know how General pactice is financed • How can a doctor impact the bottom line • Some the terms that we need to know • Q and a
general practice is a privately run business independently contracting with the government. • You can be an employee or an employer • GMS contract 2004
Type of contracts • GMS • PMS • APMS • PCTMS
How general practices funded? • Global Sum ,using a funding formula which has different variable • Like patients age, medical condition, presence of patients in nursing care, deprivation.
Essential Services • Treatment of acute and chronic condition • Provision of preventative healthcare
National Enhanced Services • Specialised services for MS • Specialised sexual health services • Patient with alcohol misuse • Drug misuse • Provision of near patient testing • Anticoagulation monitoring • enhance care of the homeless • IUCD fitting • Minor injury services • specialise care for patient with depression
Quality & Outcome Framework(QoF) • Third of practice income. • As 1000 point +50 bonus point
Hypertension QoF • Register 9 • Smoking status 10 • Advice 10 • Blood pressure records in 9 months 20 • Percentage of patient with bp =<150/90 56
The Message • The higher the score the higher the payment. • Its part of good clinical care • Use template as reminder
How to apply for DES. Handover to Dave