How much is 1 qof point worth

This is another useful screen that can be used to target work effort with the most QOF value. Columns can be sorted by clicking on the column header to order by highest value to lowest. The cut off date for prevalence data extractions or 'National Prevalence Day' used to be 14th February each year but is now in line with the QOF year and always on 31st March.

Caution: Some registers can create an additional amount of workload for the practice in a tight time frame and could have a negative impact on other indicators, such as;.

If patients are not already on the register you may have already completed some of the requirements but because no diagnosis has been recorded not getting paid. There is usually a greater income benefit to increasing prevalence. Any new cancer diagnosis codes needs to be recorded as a New episode to ensure that the patient is on the cancer register.

Potential loss of QOF income. Any new hypertension diagnosis codes needs to be recorded as a New episode to ensure that the patient is on the cancer register. There are many occasions when you struggle to work out why a patient has a QOF alert showing on their home screen. One tool that can be useful is the QOF Timeline. To access this you will need to add it to your clinical tree.

This article explains how to configure the clinical tree , this is what you are looking for in the search. Once you have it in the clinical tree you can click on it to show achievements in green, work to do in pink and exempt items in grey. You can right click on any outstanding items and you will be offered to record an achievement specific to that indicator.

To calculate the value per patient in these domains, you take the minimum value from the above table for the domain and then multiply this by the age-specific list size divided by the total practice list size.

For example, in the Osteoporosis domain, a practice with a list size of 10, may have 2, patients over So does practice list size affect QOF payments? Mostly, no. But for some domains you will need to calculate what percentage of the practice is within the relevant age band on the GP practice list. I hope this has shed some light on how QOF payments are calculated. Although, we have not even touched on indicators and exclusions… maybe in our next post?

Find out more here. Privacy Notice. Does practice list size affect QOF income? See full changes to QOF. Location: England. Audience: GPs. Updated: Thursday 21 January This contract will: build on the PCNs primary care networks created in with additional funding and additional workforce expand recruitment and retention initiatives for GPs, thus reducing workload retain GP and partnership autonomy ensure GPs have a leadership role at the centre of primary care.

What practices need to do now. GPC roadshows. The roadshow presentation is recorded below. Top-line changes. More roles added to the additional roles. Reimbursement scheme. Between and , the scheme will expand to 26, additional roles. Payment arrangements for vaccinations and immunisations to be reformed. QOF to be updated. PCN service specifications reduced and improved.