UDS Fields

UDS Field	Values created in
Homeless Status	File Maintenance > Master Lists > Homeless Status
Migrant Worker Status	File Maintenance > Master Lists > Migrant Worker Status
Language Barrier	File Maintenance > Master Lists > Language Barrier
Public Housing Primary Care	File Maintenance > Master Lists > Public Housing Primary Care
School Based Health Center	File Maintenance > Master Lists > School Based Health Center
Race	File Maintenance > Master Lists > Race
Ethnicity	File Maintenance > Master Lists > Ethnicity
Veteran Status	File Maintenance > Codes Tables > Veteran Status
Tribal Affiliation	File Maintenance > Master Lists > Tribal Affiliation
Blood Quantum	File Maintenance > Master Lists > Blood Quantum
IHS Eligibility Status	File Maintenance > Master Lists > IHS Eligibility Status
Classification/Beneficiary	File Maintenance > Master Lists > Classification/Beneficiary
Descendancy	File Maintenance > Master Lists > Descendancy
Primary Medical Coverage	File Maintenance > System Master Files > PM > Payers
Self Pay	If the Self Pay check box is selected, the Primary Medical Coverage field becomes disabled.
Consent to Treat	If the Consent to Treat check box is selected, the Consent to Treat Date field becomes enabled.
Consent to Treat Date	The Consent to Treat Date field is enabled when the Consent to Treat check box is selected.

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Do's and Don'ts for the UDS Report

Invoices Invoices should only be used for charges that are not considered face-to-face encounters with a provider. For example, attorney fees, medical records fees, etc. Invoice charges cannot be reported on the UDS report because there is no encounter associated to an invoice. Unapplied Credits Encounter-level unapplied credits can be used since they can be tied to a provider and location in NextGen® Enterprise PM and can therefore be reported correctly on the UDS report. Account-level unapplied credits should not be used because they cannot be tied to a Provider and Location in NextGen® Enterprise PM and therefore cannot be reported correctly on the UDS Report. To prevent users from entering patient payments as account-level unapplied credits, security access in System Administrator can be setup for the appropriate user groups as follows: Operations > Transactions > Unapplied Account Payment Addition = No Operations > Transactions > Unapplied Encounter Payment Addition = Yes Primary

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Information Needed for the UDS Report

Although some data required for the UDS Report is more readily (or only) available from a general ledger or other external system, much of the data can be reported directly from NextGen® Enterprise PM. Several demographic fields required by Health Centers for the UDS report are available on the UDS tab of the Add/Modify Patient Information window. Additional fields are available for use by IHS practices. To display the UDS tab, enable the Display person UDS fields check box in Enterprise Preferences > UDS. Demographic Information for UDS Demographic Information for IHS Transaction Codes for UDS Family Information for UDS Parent topic: Uniform Data System (UDS) Report

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Enabling and Requiring UDS Fields

Enabling UDS Fields When UDS fields are enabled, the UDS tab displays on the Add/Modify Patient Information window in NextGen® Enterprise EHR and NextGen® Enterprise PM. Users can then access the tab to select the appropriate UDS values for each person/patient. UDS fields are enabled at the enterprise level. Therefore, if enabled, the UDS tab displays on the Add/Modify Patient Information window in all practices within the enterprise. Requiring UDS Fields UDS fields can be set up to be required at either the enterprise level or at the practice level. If required at the enterprise level, users in all practices in the enterprise must enter data in the UDS fields for all persons (globes) and all patients (charts) when the demographic record is created for a person/patient. If required at the practice level, there are two points at which users in the practice must enter data in the UDS fields; either when an appointment is scheduled for a person/patient, or when the chart is created for a

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

UDS and IHS Fields

Items available for selection in UDS and IHS fields are from the following tables in File Maintenance: UDS Field: File Maintenance: Homeless Status Master Lists, Homeless Status Migrant Worker Status Master Lists, Migrant Worker Status Language Barrier Master Lists, Language Barrier Public Housing Primary Care Master Lists, Public Housing Primary Care School Based Health Center Master Lists, School Based Health Center Veteran Status Codes Tables, Veteran Status Tribal Affiliation Master Lists, Tribal Affiliation Blood Quantum Master Lists, Blood Quantum IHS Eligibility Status Master Lists, IHS Eligibility Status Classification/Beneficiary Master Lists, Classification/Beneficiary Descendancy Master Lists, Descendancy Primary Medical Coverage PM System Master Files, Payers Parent topic: Add or Modify UDS Information

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

UDS and IHS Fields

Items available for selection in UDS and IHS fields are from the following tables in File Maintenance: UDS Field: File Maintenance: Homeless Status Master Lists, Homeless Status Migrant Worker Status Master Lists, Migrant Worker Status Language Barrier Master Lists, Language Barrier Public Housing Primary Care Master Lists, Public Housing Primary Care School Based Health Center Master Lists, School Based Health Center Veteran Status Codes Tables, Veteran Status Tribal Affiliation Master Lists, Tribal Affiliation Blood Quantum Master Lists, Blood Quantum IHS Eligibility Status Master Lists, IHS Eligibility Status Classification/Beneficiary Master Lists, Classification/Beneficiary Descendancy Master Lists, Descendancy Primary Medical Coverage PM System Master Files, Payers Parent topic: Add or Modify UDS Information

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

UDS Tab

The UDS fields are only used for UDS (Uniform Data System) reporting. The fields display in NextGen® Enterprise PM on the Patient Information window only when they are enabled in Enterprise Preferences. You can also require that users enter information in these fields. UDS fields Selections in NextGen® Enterprise PM come from... Require homeless status Homeless Status master list Note: This UDS field is different from the encounter-level Homeless Status field that is used for HRSA reporting. Require migrant worker status Migrant Worker Status master list Require language barrier Language Barrier master list Require primary medical coverage Payers listed in the Payer master file Require public housing primary care Public Housing Primary Care master list Require school based health center School Based Health Center master list Race Race master list Ethnicity Ethnicity master list Require tribal affiliation Tribal Affiliation master list Require blood quantum Blood Quantum master list Req

UDS Fields

Recommendations

Do's and Don'ts for the UDS Report

Information Needed for the UDS Report

Enabling and Requiring UDS Fields

UDS and IHS Fields

UDS and IHS Fields

UDS Tab

UDS Fields

Do's and Don'ts for the UDS Report

Information Needed for the UDS Report

Enabling and Requiring UDS Fields

UDS and IHS Fields

UDS and IHS Fields

UDS Tab