The following support article will give an overview of the available Ardens resources to support practices with CQRS claims for Enhanced Services.
Patients Incorrectly Registered
Many practices do not realise that it is possible for a patient to appear correctly registered with a 'blue precis bar' but to not be fully registered. These patients therefore will not be included in the 'Currently registered regular patients' cohort, on which most searches and almost all payment extractions (including QOF and Enhanced Services) are based on.
Ardens has created a search to identify patients not fully registered. To access the search, navigate to the Population Reporting module > Ardens Searches > 1.31 Administraton - Registration > Action - Registration Anomalies folder.
Reviewing this list of patients and investigating further will mean the patients will be picked up correctly in payment searches such as CQRS if applicable. For more detailed information on the Registration Anomalies search please see our dedicated support article.
CQRS Searches to Support Claims for Enhanced Services
Ardens has created a suite of CQRS searches to support practices with claims. For more detailed information on the CQRS searches please see our dedicated support article.
Data quality searches have been designed for practices to be able to action potential coding errors which will affect payment.
The majority of CQRS claims are extracted automatically via GPES, however Ardens have provided the Monthly - manual input items searches to support practices by providing the numbers needed to enter manually into CQRS for the indicators which require manual input.
Templates to Assist with the Enhanced Service (CQRS) Requirements
To help practices capture accurate data around CQRS requirements and to streamline/speed up consultations, Ardens has designed a suite of standardised clinical templates to support this.
The Childhood Immunisation template will ensure the correct requirements are captured for accurate payment for relevant enhanced services via the CQRS extraction. For more detailed information on the Childhood Immunisation template please see our dedicated support article.
The Adult Immunisations template will ensure the correct requirements are captured for accurate payment for the CQRS extraction for the Influenza, Shingles, Pneumococcal, Pertussis and MMR enhanced services.
Additionally, Ardens have designed a Flu Vaccine Administration protocol to aid with recording details when giving the flu vaccination, including correct coding, batch numbers and expiry dates. For more detailed information on the Flu Vaccine Administration protocol please see our dedicated support article.
The Learning Disability template will ensure the health check requirements are captured for accurate payment for CQRS. For more detailed information on the Learning Disability template please see our dedicated support article.
The Weight Management and Obesity template will ensure the correct requirements are captured for the Weight Management Enhanced Service. Note that this is a manual entry element on CQRS. For more detailed information on the Weight Management and Obesity template please see our dedicated support article.
If you require any further assistance on the process above, please contact Ardens support on: support-emis@ardens.org.uk