Business Unit
The Business Unit is not a chartfield, but rather a 5-character alphanumeric code that represents transactions specific to
an organization. The Business Unit acts as an identifier allowing all the transactions to occupy the same Ledger.
Business Unit is a required field on all transactions.
Values:
UCSF has the following business units:
Business
Unit
Description
Current Status
SFCMP
Campus
Active
SFMED
Medical Center
Active
SFFDN
Foundation
Active
SFFPO
Faculty Practice Organization
Active
SFLPH
Langley Porter Hospital and Clinics
Active
SFBCP
BayChildren's Physicians
Active
SFACN
Bay Area Accountable Care Network
Active
SFBAY
BayHealth, LLC
Active
SFHEA
UCSF Health
Active
SFCF1
Campus Facilities Improvement Association1
Active
SFCHF
Children's Hospital Foundation
Inactive - data maintained outside of PeopleSoft
SFCHO
Children's Hospital Oakland
Inactive - data maintained outside of PeopleSoft
SFELM
Eliminations Business Unit
Dormant
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General Accounting
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Business Unit
The following business units are included as part of UCSF Health in the “Doing Business with UCSF Health”Guide.
UCSF Health and “Doing Business with UCSF Health”
Medical Center (SFMED)
Faculty Practice Organization (SFFPO)
Langley Porter Hospital and Clinics (SFLPH)
Transactions between UCSF Health and the Campus (SFCMP) use special paired accounts which are outlined in the “Doing
Business with UCSF Health” Reference Guide.
The following business units are used by the Central UCSF Health’s office only:
Used by Central UCSF Health only
SFHEA
SFBAY
SFACN
The UCSF Health (SFHEA) business unit is used to capture transactions that benefit multiple UCSF Health entities.
Allocations will then occur out of the UCSF Health business unit and into the entities it supports using various calculations
(% of expenses, % of revenues, level of effort, etc.).
BayHealth (SFBAY) is a for-profit corporation that is a joint venture with John Muir with 50% UCSF ownership that will be
used to build an infrastructure for integration, referrals and future joint initiatives.
The Bay Area Accountable Care Network (SFACN) is a for-profit joint venture with John Muir with 50% UCSF ownership
that is a full-risk insurance plan that will have enrollees that pay premiums.
The SFFDN business unit is used by the UCSF Foundation only:
Used by UCSF Foundation only
SFFDN
The Campus Facilities Improvement Association (SFCF1) business unit is used by the Central Controller’s office only.
Used by Central Controller’s office only
SFCF1
SFCF1 is a legally separate, non-profit public benefit corporation established in 2008 for charitable and educational
purposes, including facilitating the development, financing, construction and management of buildings and facilities.
The Regents have the authority to approve the budget for CFIA. CFIA provides services almost entirely for the
benefit of the Regents on behalf of UCSF.
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Business Unit
Used by Central UCSF Medical Center only
SFBCP
BayChildren’s Physicians (SFBCP) is a legally separate non-profit pediatric medical foundation. It was established in
2006 and has been jointly operated by UCSF Medical Center and Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland since October
2013. BayChildren’s Physicians is a pediatric multi-specialty physician foundation and associated clinically integrated
physician network.
Used by Central UCSF Medical Center only
SFFPO
The UCSF Faculty Practice facilitates the delivery of health care services in a quality, cost-effective, coordinated and
patient-friendly manner. The business unit provides a unified structure for clinical departments to participate in contracts
with third party payers for clinical services and facilitates contracting jointly. UCSF Faculty Practice facilitates UCSF's
ability to maintain its academic and clinical programs in support of the faculty and medical school.
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