Improving the efficiency of review, authorising and prompt payment of Medinet invoices
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, North East and Yorkshire, Acute
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, North East and Yorkshire, Acute
The theatre and anaesthetics financial management team needed to help improve the review and approval of high volumes of Medinet invoices, because valuable time better spent addressing patient-centred operational pressures was being consumed by invoice validation. Processing delays were impacting cashflow, better payment practice code (BPPC) target achievement, and the accuracy of reporting the theatres clinical service unit’s (CSU) financial position.
How might we enable our operational colleagues to prioritise patient-centred pressures by optimising the Medinet invoice validation process, ensuring timely and accurate processing of invoices, and preventing a backlog of unpaid invoices?
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This innovation and the process we designed was also rolled out to other areas in the Trust where Medinet was in use, such as, endoscopy. The Medinet’s director of finance has also implemented this process in other Trusts and organisations.
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