Block Contract Services and Services Paid by Other Methods

All suppliers of block contract services and services paid by other methods will need to be set up as providers in Directory of Services (DOS).

The Care package approval workflow remains as it is for all care packages, so the care package is built out of DOS with unit prices etc and the approval is based on cost of package etc.

New List in Settings

The other methods are set up in the Lists area in Settings of the system as “Care Package External finance agreements”:

Care Package Approval Workflow

A new checkbox has been added to the Contract Team Review step, where the Contracts Team can select relevant services that will NOT be paid via IEG4 Payment Schedules.

When the services are selected that will NOT be paid via IEG4 Payment Schedules then the user has to select how the service will be financed from a drop-down list:

If all services in a package are flagged as NOT to be paid via IEG4 Payment Schedules then the letters to the provider stage is skipped and it goes to “confirm start date” stage in the Workflow and then on to the Funding Review stage to input codes:

Please Note

Any services marked as “Paid by Other Method” will not appear in the IP file. Payment of money to these providers will be paid outside of the IEG4 system.

Any services marked as “Paid by Other Method” will be ignored by the process for generating service confirmations or when producing payment schedules

In the care package approval workflow, the SFI level for these services will be the lower level limit that the nurse can approve.

The SFI level used will include costs for these services.

There is no requirement to generate a purchase order for these services.