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Pricing Setup is required prior to adding service costs/pricing maps

Dates

Display Date:

When a pricing setup goes into effectis displayed in SPARCRequest

Effective Date:

When it is displayed in SPARCRequesta pricing setup goes into effect

Source of Price/Rates

Self-Defined:

*Service rate determined by the organization providing the service

Percent of Fee

Federal:

Percent of Service Rate charged to a Federal funding source; defined by leadership

Corporate:

Percent of Service Rate charged to a Corporate funding source; defined by leadership

Other:

Percent of Service Rate charged to a Other funding source; defined by leadership

Member:

Percent of Service Rate charged to a Member funding source; defined by leadership

Rates: Funding Source (select each rate from drop-down menu)

College Department; Federal; Foundation/Organization; Industry-Initiated/Industry-Sponsored; Investigator-Initiated/Industry-Sponsored, Internal Funded Pilot Project; and Student Funded Research

*Defines the service rate utilized for a selected funding source, using percent of fee calculation

Automatic Pricing Adjustment (increase or decrease rates)

Automatic pricing adjustment allows Catalog Managers at the provider, program, and/or core level to increase or decrease all existing service prices on a specific date on the chosen level by a certain percent. A new pricing map is then auto-created with the specified percent of change

Percent of Change

*The percent that service prices increase or decrease on a specific date on at a chosen level (i.e. provider, program, and/or core level)

Display Date

When a pricing setup goes into effectthe adjusted pricing is displayed in SPARCRequest

Effective Date

When it is displayed in SPARCRequesta pricing adjustment goes into effect

Subsidy Information (screenshot below)

Max Percentage

*The maximum percentage of monetary support for a new request

Default Percentage

*The default percentage of monetary support for a new request

Max Dollar Cap

*Maximum monetary support allowed for a subsidy

Excluded Funding Sources

*Funding sources not covered by monetary support

Instructions

Instruction language showing on SPARCRequest Step 3a

Field

Description

Program

*Displays name of program a service is located under

Core

*Displays name of core a service a located under

Name

Displays name *Name of service

Abbreviation

*Name displayed in My Services cart when selected. User search terms.

Description

Information service providers display to users about their service.

Order

*Determines the order the services are displayed in SPARCRequest (i.e. 1-10 shows up in numerical order, but if all order 1 they will be alphabetical).

Non-clinical (Non-Per Patient/Visit) Services

*Select whether the service is Non-clinical or Clinical. Non-clinical services do not require a calendar build and the one-time fee pricing appears (instead of per patient)are typically per-protocol level one-time-fees; whereas clinical services are patient-related.

Display in SPARC

*If selected, allows users to view service in SPARCRequest catalogActivate/De-activate a service, for frontend users to request and use.

Tag: Administrative Approval

*Enables the use of administrative approval stamps for a designated service provider. These stamps are found within SPARCDashboard Admin Edit Section

Tag: Epic*

Enables Epic interface module in SPARCDashboard’s Admin Edit Sectionspecific fields on a service, such as CPT code, EAP code, etc.

Tag: Fulfillment

*Enables the SPARCFulfillment module in SPARCDashboard’s Admin Edit sectionrelated functionalities

Shareable Link*

Will take you to SPARCRequest with the specific service displayed, with the description already showing and the drop down side menus unfolded appropriatelyDirect deep link of a service.

Step 2: Pricing Map

Pricing map defines cost at a procedure level and looks to pricing setup for discounts.

Display Field

Description

Display Date:

When a pricing map is displayed in SPARCRequest

Effective Date:

When a pricing map goes into effect

Effective Date:

When it is displayed in SPARCRequest

Service Rate:

The fee (full rate) associated to the procedure or study - level activityactivity 

Federal Rate:

Percent of Service Rate charged to a Federal funding source; defined by leadership

Corporate Rate:

Percent of Service Rate charged to a Corporate funding source; defined by leadership

Other Rate:

Percent of Service Rate charged to a Other funding source; defined by leadership

Member Rate:

Percent of Service Rate charged to a Member funding source; defined by leadership

Override:

*Allows Catalog Managers to define a price for an individual service if it doesn't follow the calculated rate by pricing setup

Clinical Services:

Clinical Quantity Type:

Any unit of measurement (i.e. hours, each, slides, etc)

Unit Factor:

The divisor used to divide the requested service quantity

Quantity Minimum:

The minimum number required for requesting a specific service

Non-Clinical Services:

Unit Type:

Unit of measurement to describe the quantity amount (i.e. weeks, days, samples, etc)

Quantity Type:

Any unit of measurement (i.e. hours, each, slides, etc)

Quantity Minimum:

The minimum number required for requesting a specific service

Unit Factor:

The divisor used to divide the requested service quantity

Unit Maximum:

Maximum number allowed for a specific service

Exclude from Indirect Cost:

Excluding expenses that are not directly associated with any one research project. (i.e. facilities and administrative costs)