Some practices have reported that their Mental Health Care Plans and Reviews appear not to be 'counting' under the EMIS QOF Population searches using the v39 QOF Rules.
There are a number of codes which were previously valid under the business rules which have been removed from v39, leaving just three. Version 41 of the rules, on which this year's payment will be based, contains ten such codes. The below table shows a comparison.
There are a number of codes which were previously valid under the business rules which have been removed from v39, leaving just three. Version 41 of the rules, on which this year's payment will be based, contains ten such codes. The below table shows a comparison.
We have reviewed the QMasters MH Template and checked the cross mapping of all the codes relevant to MH002. A summary of the findings is below:
The three highlighted codes have been in use in the QMasters Mental Health Template for the 2018-19 QOF year but are no longer in the allowed codes for the business rules under v39 or v41.
We will shortly be updating our customers with a new version of the template with these obsolete codes removed from the relevant picking list. The current template still contains the other codes, which may be used and are still within the business rules.
Meantime, practices may wish to download and run the following search which will identify patients with the wrong codes and allow these to be changed prior to year end.
To download this search folder and instructions for use, please click here.
We will shortly be updating our customers with a new version of the template with these obsolete codes removed from the relevant picking list. The current template still contains the other codes, which may be used and are still within the business rules.
Meantime, practices may wish to download and run the following search which will identify patients with the wrong codes and allow these to be changed prior to year end.
To download this search folder and instructions for use, please click here.
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