Counting & Coding Clinical Audit Services

Description

NHS England Specialised Commissioning London Region would like to commission a provider of clinical audit services to deliver a project relating to counting and coding practices in Acute Trusts in London. For the financial year 2017-18, a number of major NHS England London Area Team acute contracts are financially over performing by significant sums, above the agreed contract plan values developed and populated by Trusts, at the beginning of the financial year. While some areas of the over performance are driven by activity increases and include known and agreed adjustment items for payment to Trusts, a number of areas appear to be driven by average unit price increases across multiple service lines that may be due to changes in counting and coding practices at Trusts for which prior contractual notices have not been served in advance. There are also some service areas that are activity driven where the counting of activity appears to have materially increased from what was in the contract plans, which is also adding to the over performance positions at several Trusts. This has been found through some high-level analysis already undertaken by the London Area Team and the commissioner would now like external independent support to verify and establish robust evidence for the above across multiple service lines at one or more selected Trusts. NHS England is seeking quotations from a number of suppliers. Please be aware due to the nature of this work we are looking for a speedy response to carrying out the work and would expect any organisation to begin provision as soon as possible after the signing of the contract. Interested providers should download the attached Request For Quote (RFQ) documents and must complete and return the requested documents to england.london-procurement@nhs.net no later than 12.00 (noon) on 26th February 2018. This service will be provided under the NHS Standard Terms and Conditions for the Provision of Services. The maximum value of this contract is £50,000 (ex VAT).

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