• feedback on Monitor’s costing publications
• draft reference costs guidance for 2012-13
• data quality and validation

Reference Costs Advisory Group: minutes of meeting held on 5 December 2012

• 2011-12 reference costs publication
• accountability and governance for reference costs
• potential changes for 2012-13 reference costs
• cost pools
• assurance
• exclusions
• NHS costing manual
• education and training update
• options for developing reference costs guidance, collection and validation

Reference Costs Advisory Group:  minutes of meeting held on 19 October 2012

• transition update – reference costs and the role of Monitor and the NHS
• Commissioning Board
• Monitor’s work on costing
• 2011-12 reference costs collection and publication
• other cost collections during 2012
• collecting spells costs – from pilot exercise in 2009-10 to mandating in 2011-12
• 2012-13 reference costs.

Reference Costs Advisory Group: minutes of meeting held on 27 March 2012

• progress update and update to RCAG work plan
• step by step guide to RECON workbook and reconciliation
• measuring reference costs quality and data timeliness
• proposed reference costs timetable, collection window and validation approach
• proposed changes to the workbook
• promoting best practice

Reference Costs Advisory Group: minutes of meeting held on 06 December 2011

• terms of reference
• RCAG proposed workplan
• plan for updating the 2010/11 reference costs guidance
• reference costs – considerations when updating the guidance
• Audit Commission feedback on areas of the guidance requiring consideration/improvement
• proposed improvements to the reference cost guidance
• changes to the publication package

Reference Costs Advisory Group: minutes of meeting held on 15 October 2010

• RCAG terms of reference
• proposed work plan
• 2010-11 reference costs and other collections
• PbR assurance and reference costs audit
• draft 2011-12 reference costs guidance
• workbooks
• spells collection

Reference Costs Advisory Group: minutes of meeting held on 6 October 2011

• progress on action plan following review of reference cost
• additional guidance for 2010-11 collection
• reference cost collection user guide
• beginners guide to reference cost
• collection window guidance
• PLICS best practice guide
• acute and mental health costing standards
• Audit Commission PbR benchmarker tool
• audits /collections for 2009-10 and 2010-11
• timescales and key milestones
• collection of diagnostic imaging data

Reference Costs Advisory Group minutes 17 March 2011

• proposed changes to 2010/11 reference costs guidance
• patient transport services
• collection of mental health data
• HFMA costing special interest group
• costing and coding for chemotherapy and radiotherapy services
• collection window

Reference Costs Advisory Group minutes: 22 November 2010