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Using the HRSA EHB to Report 2009 Uniform Data System (UDS) Data

“New Start” Grantee Technical Assistance Call December 15, 2009

Agenda

Understanding the 2009 Uniform Data System (UDS) Report

Preparing for Reporting Your 2009 UDS Report

Prerequisites and Notes for Using the EHB System

Overview of the 2009 UDS Reporting Process

Using the EHB System to Report 2009 UDS Data

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What is the UDS?

The Uniform Data System (UDS) is a standardized reporting system that provides consistent information about the performance of BPHC funded grantees and programs including:

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Community Health Centers Migrant Health Centers Health Care for the Homeless Centers Public Housing Primary Care Centers

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What is included in the UDS?

The number and socio-demographic characteristics of people served

The types and quantities of services provided

The types of staff who provide these services

Measures of the quality of care provided to patients

The cost and efficiency of delivering services

The sources and amounts of income

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11 Tables in the 2009 UDS

Patient Profile

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Patients by Zip Code Table 3A – Patients by Age and Gender Table 3B – Patients by Race/Ethnicity/Language Table 4 – Other Patient Characteristics

Income, insurance, special populations

Provider and Utilization Profile

Table 5 – Staffing and Utilization

FTEs, visits, and patients

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11 Tables in the 2009 UDS (Completed)

Clinical Profile

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Table 6A – Selected Diagnoses and Services Table 6B – “Quality of Care” Indicators Table 7 – Health Outcomes and Disparities

Financial Profile

Table 8A – Costs

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Accrued costs by cost center Table 9D – Patient related revenues

Charges, collections, allowances, and discounts by payer type Table 9E – Other revenues

Grants, contracts, and other non-patient related income

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Importance of the UDS

The BPHC has been collecting data documenting health center performance since 1977

Data are used to:

Document effectiveness of the BPHC programs

Guide BPHC support decisions

Permit documentation of program effectiveness

Support program development and improvement at the grantee level

Document performance in SAC and BPR

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Getting Help for the UDS

Help and information is available year round (not just at submission time) through multiple mechanisms including:

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These training programs Technical support to review submission Online training modules (http://www.bphcdata.net/html/bphctraining.html) An annually revised UDS Manual A telephone help line (866-UDS-HELP) Year-round e-mail help: ( [email protected]

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The BPHC UDS Web site ( http://www.bphc.hrsa.gov/uds/ )

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2009 UDS Training Schedule 2009 UDS Technical Assistance links and manuals

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UDS Reporting Requirements

Who: All grantees funded before October 1, 2009 (including New Starts) with one or more BPHC grants (CHC, MHC, HCH, PH)

When: Grantees are asked to have their UDS report ready for review by February 15 th . Final submission is by March 31, 2010.

How: UDS data are submitted through the HRSA “Electronic Handbook” (EHB)

What: “Scope of Project” for the period January 1, 2009 December 31, 2009

Includes all ARRA- NAP, IDS, CIP and FIP support

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What Tables do you Submit?

Everyone submits the 11 tables in the

“Universal Report”

Agencies funded under only one BPHC funding authority complete only the

“Universal”

report

Agencies with multiple funding also complete

“Grant”

reports

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An abbreviated report including only Tables 3A, 3B, 4, (part of) 5 and 6A Covering only those patients served in their special populations program(s)

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Data Pre-Submission Technical Assistance

EHB opens the 2009 UDS Reports to grantees on

January 1, 2010

Unlike prior years, no changes will be allowed following

final submission

of your report on or before March 31

Making your report

“ready for review”

by February 15 th enables you to receive reviewer technical assistance BEFORE final submission of your report

Individual technical assistance will be provided between 1/10/2010 and 3/15/2010 (+/-) from a reviewer

You must initiate the call for technical assistance

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Establishing New Grantee Users on the EHB System with Privileges to work on Reporting your 2009 UDS Data

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Permitting Staff to Work on Your 2009 UDS Report in EHB

We understand that multiple people can work concurrently on our 2009 Uniform Data System (UDS) report in EHB.

How do we add new users in the EHB for reporting the 2009 UDS data?

What does a new user have to do

the EHB?

to establish an account in

What does the grantee’s EHB Project Director have to do

to allow the new user to work on the grantee’s UDS Reports?

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4 Steps to Adding New EHB Users for Reporting UDS Data

Step 1 – The New User must create an EHB account

Step 2 – The New User must associate the current H80 grant with their account (add the grant to their EHB portfolio)

Step 3 – The Grantee’s EHB Project Director (PD) must

allow the new user to access the grant

Step 4 – The Grantee’s EHB PD must give the new user access

privileges to view and edit EHB Performance Reports

(UDS Reports are Performance Reports in the EHB)

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Help Getting Started in the HRSA EHBs https://grants.hrsa.gov/webexternal/Login.asp

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Creating an Account in the

HRSA EHBs

Step 2

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Step 3 Step 1

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Creating an Account in the

HRSA EHBs

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Security question options

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Links to Help in Creating an Account

Selected fields have Help links

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Creating an Account Confirmation

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Registering Your Account with Your

Grantee Organization

Unless directed otherwise, pick the

Other Employee

role …

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… and select this purpose … … and click

Continue

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Registering Your Account with Your

Grantee Organization

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Search Options for Finding you

Grantee Organization

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Registering Your Account with

Your Grantee Organization

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Registering Your Account

Requesting Access from the Project Director As a new EHB user, you associated yourself with the grant but the grantee’s PD must approve the request.

You can also request the EHB privileges that you think you may need.

To proceed, click the

Continue

button.

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Registering Your Account

– Requesting Access from the Project Director

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Attempting to View Portfolio

before the PD has Granted Access

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Project Director’s Steps to Allowing

New Users to Work on the Grant

Step 1 – Open the current H80 grant handbook Step 2 – Click this option to manage new users

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Project Director’s Steps to Allowing

New Users to Work on the Grant

Click the

Go

button after selecting desired option

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Project Director’s Steps to Allowing

New Users to Work on the Grant

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Project Director

Confirms New User’s

Access to the Grant in EHB

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Approved Access Confirmation Screen Next Step: Provide Privileges to New User Step 1 done!

Click here for Step 2

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Project Director Grants

EHB Privileges to the New User

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If you wish the staff person to enter and/or edit UDS data in EHB, you must select

Edit

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Confirmation of Granting New

User’s EHB Privileges

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The New User can now Open the Grant Handbook and see Performance Reports Additional UDS training materials are on the UDS website and available via the links in the EHB UDS Performance Report

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Overview of the 2009 UDS Process

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2009 UDS Process Overview

1. HRSA will make the UDS report available in the HRSA Electronic Handbooks (EHBs) on

January 1, 2010

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2. Grantees will login to the EHBs, navigate to the UDS report, complete the report, work with their assigned UDS Report Reviewer, and finally submit it.

3. Completing the UDS report is a three step process: a. Complete and validate tables b. Resolve Data Audit checks

You can request help from a UDS reviewer/editor to do this.

You must initiate the request!

c. Submit report 4. Between

2/15/2010

and

3/15/2010

, a UDS Report Reviewer/”Editor” can review your submitted report. If he/she finds errors or has questions about the data reported, he/she may request that you review/change your UDS Report. If the reviewer requests that you review/change your 2009 UDS data, you will be able to update and re-submit your report.

You must submit the final version by 3/31/2010

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Using the HRSA EHB System to Report your 2009 UDS Data

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Prerequisites (All Users)

• All users who wish to work on the UDS report must register in the HRSA EHBs • Go to https://grants.hrsa.gov/webexternal/login.asp

Need help?

Get it here Start here Read the guidelines here

If you have registered before, you do not have to register again. Use the same username and password.

Contact the HRSA Call Center if you do not remember your username or password.

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HRSA EHBs Notes

HRSA EHBs allows you to work on your report in parts, save it online, and return to complete it later

HRSA EHBs will drop your session after

30 minutes of inactivity

(typing data is not recognized as activity until you click a

Save

button or navigate to another screen)

Multiple users can work on the report at the same time

Multiple users can work on different tables at the same time

Multiple users can work on the same table in different reports at the same time (e.g., User A can work on Table 3A in the Universal Report while User B works on Table 3A in the Migrant Health Report)

HRSA EHBs have 2 views – one for data entry and one for review

The view for

“review”

appears just like the printed form

The view for

“data entry”

is set up for user friendly data entry

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Logging Into EHB

https://grants.hrsa.gov/webexternal/login.asp

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Navigation to UDS Report: EHB Welcome Screen

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Is this link disabled?

If it is, ask your Project Director for permission to access Performance Reports

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Click View Portfolio to view your grant portfolio

Navigation to UDS Report: View Portfolio Screen

Don’t see your grant in the list?

Add it.

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Navigation to UDS Report: Grants List Screen

Locate your H80 Health Center Cluster grant in the Grants List Click Open Grant Handbook This is the handbook for this grant Click Performance Reports

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Performance Reports List Screen

UDS and other Performance reports are listed on this page.

Note: You may need to scroll down the list to see the UDS Reports

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Schedule Status

Schedule Status: Describes the lifecycle of the UDS report

Schedule Status Not Started In Progress Submitted Change Requested

Denotes This indicates that the report has never been worked on. When the new report is available in the grants handbook it will be in the 'Not Started' status.

Clicking on the Progress’.

‘Start Report’ link changes the status of the report to ‘In

Who’s Responsible?

Grantee Grantee This indicates that the report has been submitted.

HRSA Grantee After the report has been submitted, it is sent to the UDS reviewer. If the reviewer determines that changes are needed, the report will be made available to the grantee again for changes. The schedule status will move to 'Change Requested.

’ The report will stay in this status while it is being corrected. When the changes are made and the report is re-submitted, the schedule status will revert to ‘Submitted.’ December 2009 45