2011-12 Seasonal Influenza Campaign

11th October 2011

Claim forms and completion notes have been produced for the 2011-12 campaign:

Claim forms

GMSFLU009 v3 (10-2011): 65+ Influenza Immunisation

GMSFLU010 v3 (10-2011): Under 65 at Risk Influenza Immunisation

GMSFLU011 v3 (10-2011): 65+ Pneumococcal Immunisation

Completion notes

GMSFLU009CN v4 (10-2011): 65+ Influenza Immunisation

GMSFLU010CN v5 (10-2011): Under 65 at Risk Influenza Immunisation

GMSFLU011CN v4 (10-2011): 65+ Pneumococcal Immunisation

Guidance - EMIS electronic lists

EMIS has produced this short guidance note on compiling an electronic list for submitting to our flu mailboxes. Once you have successfully created your electronic list(s) please e-mail them to our flu mailboxes which are detailed in the guidance notes above. This then saves you from printing and posting the lists to us and ensures they reach their destination quickly and safely.

Guidance - Influenza Immunisation

There are 2 claim forms: one covering the ‘65+ Influenza Immunisation’ group and one for the ‘Under 65 at Risk Influenza Immunisation’ group.

The process for both influenza groups is the same, i.e. an interim payment, a year-end claim and a final claim (where appropriate).

Practices are not required to submit an interim claim for payment in December. Instead, an automatic interim payment will be made to all practices in the December 2011 payment. This automatic interim payment will be based on the figures submitted to Health Protection Scotland (HPS) in respect of uptake to 30th November 2011.

Practices may choose to opt out of an interim payment by completing the ’Interim Payment’ section of the claim form and returning the signed form to their respective regional office by the 18th November 2011.

A patient list that accompanies the claim form is only required for the ‘year-end’ and ‘final’ claims for both influenza groups.

• An individual vaccination date of service is no longer required against each CHI reference on a Patient List.   However, the date range of the vaccinations claimed must be stated on your Patient List.
• ‘At risk’ categories do not need to be identified on either the claim or patient list.

Patient lists can be e-mailed securely to a unique regional office address.

No more than two claims are required for each of the two influenza immunisation vaccination groups, although where vaccination programmes are completed by submission of the ‘year end’ claim, only one claim will be required for each of the two groups.

Guidance - Pneumococcal Immunisation

There is 1 claim form covering the ‘65+ Pneumococcal Immunisation’ group.

Claims for ‘65+ Pneumococcal Immunisation’ can be submitted as frequently as required but, where practices wish to minimise their claim frequency, one claim can be made.

A patient list must accompany each claim form and can be e-mailed securely to a unique regional office address.

• The vaccination date of service is no longer required on patient lists.

Guidance - SGHD & CMO Circulars

For guidance on those patients for whom you can make a claim for payment, practices should refer to the following circulars:

PCA(M)(2011)13 - Primary Medical Services (Directed Enhanced Services) (Scotland) (No. 2) Directions 2011

PCA(M)(2011)14 - Influenza and Pneumococcal Directed Enhanced Service - Amended

CMO(2011)8 - Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programme 2011-12

CMO(2011)11 -Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programme 2011-12

Further information & reminder dates

Future editions of Good Practice will contain a diary of events that will include the key dates for submission of claim forms.

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