Activity Based Funding What are they & do they affect me?
David Perabo—ABF Manager
How does it affect my day-to-day job? ABF does not impact the day-to-day activities of a clinician.
There is no additional workload as ABM | ABF leverages data routinely collected during the contact with a consumer. Why do I have to collect data? What if I do not complete a contact form or outcome measure? The key building blocks which form the foundation of ABM | ABF and drive budget allocation are, pricing, costing, classifying, & counting. The eMR is the register of activity and the basis of the invoice to the Ministry of Health for funding. If a clinician does not complete a contact form after a contact with a consumer in the eMR, there is no way to identify that the contact occurred and therefore it will be an unfunded activity. If the mental health phase of care and outcome measure is not collected at the required intervals the period of care could be classed as Unknown Phase or Unknown HoNOS and all associated encounters will receive a lower NWAU or no NWAU.
How does Client Related Provider Time (CRPT) relate to ABF | ABM? CRPT captures the amount of time incurred in providing a service to a consumer.
It is used in ABM as part of a suite of performance metrics that reflect the resources involved in providing a service to a consumer. While it does not have a direct impact on the NWAU, non-recording of the contact has a greater impact as it will be “ unfunded ”. Is there training specific to me? Whilst there is no additional specific training required, it is highly recommended that clinicians ’ complete refresher training in the completion of outcome measures on a bi-annual basis to refresh skills and improve the collection and accuracy of the data collected. It is recommended that clinicians utilise the on-line refresher training in the completion of the suite of age-appropriate outcome measures provided by the Australian Mental Health Outcomes Collection Network (AMHOCN) located at All training | Training
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