Payment by Results (PbR) in mental health. What is required for 2013-14

Source: Department of Health (DH) Area: News A letter from David Flory outlines what is required to implement PbR for adult mental health services. The letter includes mandating the rebasing of current contracts on the basis of the clusters, and mandating the use of some quality and outcome measures. There is also emphasis on the need to improve the quality and completeness of the clinical data that flows to the Mental Health Minimum Dataset, and the accuracy of costing the services that are being provided.
Source: NeLM - Mental Health - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news