What Is a Funding String?

A funding string identifies both a specific source of funding, as well as the type of expense for an individual transaction. 

This allows us to allocate expenses to various types of funding and to track and budget spending in various categories.

Graphic of UW Health Funding String

Anatomy of a Funding String

Company 

Identifies the entities that make up UWH and produce separate financial statements.

Dept. of Medicine would only use COMPANY 310 UW Medical Foundation Inc. 

Building

Identifies a building, location or facility, Oracle uses the street address as the description of the building. 

Account 

Identifies the type of transaction (travel, recruitment, supplies etc.) 

Cost Center

Identifies a division or unit.

UWH COST CENTERCOST CENTER DESCRIPTION
5900001DEPT OF MEDICINE - ADMIN
5907067DEPT OF MEDICINE - CORE CLINICAL SYSTEMS
5910392DEPT OF MEDICINE - RESEARCH
5910418DEPT OF MEDICINE - EDUCATION
5904144DEPT OF MEDICINE - FINANCE
5906183DEPT OF MEDICINE - HUMAN RESOURCES
5930012DEPT OF MEDICINE - ALLERGY
5930040DEPT OF MEDICINE - CARDIOLOGY
5930123DEPT OF MEDICINE - ENDOCRINOLOGY
5930150DEPT OF MEDICINE - GASTROENTEROLOGY
5930152DEPT OF MEDICINE - GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
5930157DEPT OF MEDICINE - GERIATRICS
5930181DEPT OF MEDICINE - HOSPITALISTS
5930188DEPT OF MEDICINE - INFECTIOUS DISEASES/IMMUNOLOGY
5930246DEPT OF MEDICINE - NEPHROLOGY
5930271DEPT OF MEDICINE - PALLIATIVE CARE
5930275DEPT OF MEDICINE - ONCOLOGY
5930381DEPT OF MEDICINE - PULMONARY
5930421DEPT OF MEDICINE - RHEUMATOLOGY
5939549DEPT OF MEDICINE - HOME BASED PRIMARY CARE
5900558DEPT OF MEDICINE UTILIZATION MGMT PHYS SVCS
5900585DEPT OF MEDICINE - INFORMATICS
5900599DEPT OF MEDICINE - HEALTHCARE ETHICS

Mission

Identifies type of expense. 

MISSIONDESCRIPTIONDEFINITION
10CLINICALSee Coding Standardization Workgroup document
20EDUCATIONSee Coding Standardization Workgroup document
40RESEARCHSee Coding Standardization Workgroup document
60ADMINISTRATIONSee Coding Standardization Workgroup document
11CLINICAL - PHYSICIANPhysician CME Clinical
13CLINICAL - DEPT FUNDEDDept Funded non-CME professional development clinical
14CLINICAL - STAFFStaff CME clinical
16CLINICAL - FELLOWFellow CME clinical
18CLINCIAL - NPPAPP CME clinical
19CLINICAL - RESIDENTResident CME clinical
21EDUCATION - PHYSICIANPhysician CME Education
23EDUCATION - DEPT FUNDEDDept Funded non-CME professional development education
24EDUCATION - STAFFStaff CME education
26EDUCATION - FELLOWFellow CME education
28EDUCATION - NPPAPP CME education
29EDUCATION - RESIDENTResident CME education
41RESEARCH - PHYSICIANPhysician CME Research
43RESEARCH - DEPT FUNDEDDept Funded non-CME professional development research
44RESEARCH - STAFFStaff CME research
46RESEARCH - FELLOWFellow CME research
48RESEARCH - NPPAPP CME research
49RESEARCH - RESIDENTResident CME research
61ADMIN - PHYSICIANPhysician CME Admin
63ADMIN - DEPT FUNDEDDept Funded non-CME professional development admin
64ADMIN - STAFFStaff CME admin
66ADMIN - FELLOWFellow CME admin
68ADMIN - NPPAPP CME admin
69ADMIN - RESIDENTResident CME admin

Fund

Fund is most often blank. Your finance contact will let you know when it is appropriate to use a fund number. 

Provider ID

Identifies the specific provider who the expense for. When entering an expense as a physician professional expense, Oracle requires a provider number, this is how professional funds are identified and tracked.

For the most up to date listing of providers use this file on u-Connect: Chart of Account Oracle Values/Hierarchy.

Payor / Inter Company / Future1 / Future2 

These parts of the coding string are not currently used - Oracle does require them to be populated with zeros.

Oracle Coding for Expenses

When entering an expense into Oracle you will notice that the coding string is prepopulated. This is driven by the HR record for that individual. 

Example: the HR record for a Cardiovascular person would be defined by the Cost Center 5930040.

Why Oracle Picks an Account 

All coding in Oracle is driven by which template you choose when entering an expense.