Linkages of the standards to health sector documents, collections and systems. To ensure national consistency in counting, funding, planning of health and disability services, pricing and data collection, the standards are linked with the following documents, collections and systems. Document/Collection/ Nature of Linkage Accountabilities Document link System Common Costing Standards Outlines nationally agreed costing The Counting Standards and service standards for the costing of DHB definitions are aligned with costing health and disability services. and appropriate allocation of funding to the sector Common Chart of Accounts A nationally consistent coding Ensure through the purchase unit (CCoA) system for recording financial co-ordinator and the Monitoring team (updated for each financial year) transactions of health and disability that PUCs are updated and properly services by DHBs and the Ministry. linked to GL codes. Each PUC is linked to a General Ledger (GL) code. New Zealand Casemix Provides definitions for inclusion of Ensure through the purchase unit Framework for Publicly hospital events in Casemix funding co-ordinator, the Ministry and DHBs (published on the Ministry’s website) Funded Hospitals related to the calculation of cost that Standards and PUC definitions weights and assignment of these are aligned with Casemix funding. events to PUCs. Also the Counting Standards are aligned with Casemix exclusions and funding for hospital events. Purchase Unit Data Dictionary The Counting Standards ensure Ensure through the purchase unit (PUDD) that appropriate definitions are co-ordinator, with technical advice (The PUDD gets updated at least twice allocated to PUCs in the PUDD, from CCTAG and the sector, that yearly) and enables to use the PUDD Standards are applied throughout in a consistent basis for costing and the PUDD. service planning.
Linkages of the standards to health sector documents, collections and systems. To ensure national consistency in counting, funding, planning of health and disability services, pricing and data collection, the standards are linked with the following documents, collections and systems. Document/Collection/ System Nature of Linkage Accountabilities Document link Common Costing Standards Outlines nationally agreed costing standards for the costing of DHB health and disability services. The Counting Standards and service definitions are aligned with costing and appropriate allocation of funding to the sector Common Chart of Accounts (CCoA) A nationally consistent coding system for recording financial transactions of health and disability services by DHBs and the Ministry. Each PUC is linked to a General Ledger (GL) code. Ensure through the purchase unit co-ordinator and the Monitoring team that PUCs are updated and properly linked to GL codes. (updated for each financial year) New Zealand Casemix Framework for Publicly Funded Hospitals Provides definitions for inclusion of hospital events in Casemix funding related to the calculation of cost weights and assignment of these events to PUCs. Also the Counting Standards are aligned with Casemix exclusions and funding for hospital events. Ensure through the purchase unit co-ordinator, the Ministry and DHBs that Standards and PUC definitions are aligned with Casemix funding. (published on the Ministry’s website) Purchase Unit Data Dictionary (PUDD) The Counting Standards ensure that appropriate definitions are allocated to PUCs in the PUDD, and enables to use the PUDD in a consistent basis for costing and service planning. Ensure through the purchase unit co-ordinator, with technical advice from CCTAG and the sector, that Standards are applied throughout the PUDD. (The PUDD gets updated at least twice yearly)
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