Public Sector Financial Efficiency

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Dear NHS South West Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group,

I am researching the financial efficiency of the public sector. Please provide the following information under the FOI act.

1) Does the organisation use an external provider for VAT advisory services? If so please state the name of the organisation used? (E.g. Ernst Young, Berthold Bauer, Liaison, CRS, KPMG etc.)?
2) Please state the contract start and end date.
3) Please confirm the total value of VAT recovered by the provider in 2015/16
a. Please state the total value of under-claims recovered
b. Please state the total value of over-claims recovered
4) Please state the total amount spent by the organisation for these services in 2015/16
5) Did the organisation use an external provider to re-review VAT recovered in the last financial year (15/16)?
a. If so please state the name of the company used.
6) Please state the total amount of additional VAT recovered by the provider in 2015/16
7) Please state the total amount spent by the organisation for these services
8) Please state the total number of Accounts Payable invoices processed by the organisation in the last financial year (15/16)
9) Please state the total value of Accounts Payable invoices in the last financial year (15/16)
10) In the last five years, please state the name(s) of all external organisation(s) used to review AP and identify and recover erroneous payments, and the period(s) reviewed by each.
11) Please state the total value of moneys recovered by each provider in the period(s) reviewed.
12) Please state the total amount paid to any external parties for this review work.

Thank you for your time.

Yours faithfully,

Mr J Taylor

SWLCCGfoi Optumcss (OPTUM HEALTH SOLUTIONS (UK)), NHS South West Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group

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Dear Requester

Please find enclosed formal acknowledgement of your FOI request submitted to NHS South West Lincolnshire CCG on 24th June 2016.

Cordially

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Dear SWLCCGfoi Optumcss (OPTUM HEALTH SOLUTIONS (UK)),

This FOI request is now overdie. Please respond soonest.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

J Taylor

SWLCCGfoi Optumcss (OPTUM HEALTH SOLUTIONS (UK)), NHS South West Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group

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Dear Requester

Further to your email, please be advised my records show a response was sent to you on 8th July 2016. For your records, I enclose a copy of that response and attachment provided to the email address J Taylor <[email address]> on 8th July 2016.

If I can be of any further assistance to you at this time, please let me know.

Kind regards,
FOI Team

FOI Team Optum Commissioning Support Services
South Kesteven District Council Offices, St Peters Hill, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 6PZ
M +44 (0)7342 034029
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From: J Taylor <[FOI #341787 email]>
Sent: 01 August 2016 15:38
To: SWLCCGfoi Optumcss (OPTUM HEALTH SOLUTIONS (UK))
Subject: Re: OPTUM FOI 11-305 - SWl CCG - Acknowledgement - Public Sector Financial Efficiency

Dear SWLCCGfoi Optumcss (OPTUM HEALTH SOLUTIONS (UK)),

This FOI request is now overdie. Please respond soonest.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

J Taylor

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