Add a Non-ODJFS Provider

Non-ODJFS providers include out-of-state home providers, health care providers, tutors, group homes, residential facilities, and so on. They are added to the Ohio SACWIS database via the Provider Directory tab. This tab requires you to conduct a search first, to make sure the provider is not already in the database.

You must have this information in order to create a new non-ODJFS record:

• Provider name

• Provider type

• Provider address

• At least one provider contact

Add a non-ODJFS provider as follows:

1. From the Home screen, click the Provider tab..

2. Click the Directory tab. The Provider Search screen appears.

3. Enter your search criteria, such as the provider's name, category, or type.

4. Click Search. The providers that meet your criteria appear in the Search Results field.

5. If the provider already exists in the database, click the View or Edit link to open the provider's record.
   
   If the provider is not in the database, complete the following steps to add the provider.

6. Click Add Non-ODJFS Provider. The Basic tab of the provider information screen appears.

7. Enter the provider's name.

   1. Click Add Name. The Provider Name Information screen appears.

   2. Complete the fields on this screen. Note that the provider category is NONODJFS and at this point the provider ID number is NEW.

   3. Click OK. You are returned to the Basic tab.

    

8. Enter the provider's type.

   1. Click Add Type. The Provider Type Information screen appears.

   2. Complete the required fields on this screen.

   3. Click OK. You are returned to the Basic tab.

    

9. Enter the provider's status.

   1. Click Add Status. The Provider Status Information screen appears.

   2. Complete at least the Provider Status and Effective Date fields.

   3. Click OK. You are returned to the Basic tab.

10. If the provider has another type of ID you want to record (for example, a legacy provider ID or vendor ID), enter the reference.

    1. Click Add Reference. The Provider Reference Information screen appears.

    2. Complete the fields on this screen.

    3. Click OK. You are returned to the Basic tab.

11. Click the Address tab.

12. Click Add Address. The Domestic Address search screen appears. The system requires you to make sure that an address does not already exist in the database before you enter a new one.

13. Enter the address in the search criteria.

14. Click Search. The system displays addresses that match or closely match the one you entered.

15. If the address is already in the system, click the Select link.
    
    If not, enter the provider's address.

    1. Click Add New Address. The Domestic Address Details screen appears. The address you entered as your search criteria appears in the address fields.

    2. Confirm the address fields and make sure the City, State and Zip Code fields are completed.

    3. Enter any additional information you have about the provider's location.

    4. Click Save. You are returned to the Domestic Address Search screen. //This can't be right. How do you get back to the Basic tab?//