HFMA response / HFMA’s response to Mandating patient-level costing for NHS community services consultation

The HFMA and its Healthcare Costing for Value Institute have been strong advocates for robust patient-level cost (PLICS) data for a number of years.  We therefore fully support the mandating of PLICS across NHS community services.  However, we do not support the mandating of PLICS in line with the methodologies and approaches in the current Healthcare Costing Standards for England, nor the move to a quarterly cost collection. 

This paper explains our reasons for these views, and addresses the questions included in the consultation document.