UB-04
The Medisoft table for UB-04 forms is: MWUBF.adt
UB-04 Form
In 1975, in an effort to simplify healthcare billing in the U.S. and develop one standard, nationally-accepted billing form, the American Hospital Association brought together all national payer and provider organizations and developed the National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC).
After years of technical data and policy debate, in 1982 the NUBC voted to accept the UB-82 and its associated data manual for implementation as a national uniform bill.
Predecessors to the UB-82 included the:
● UB-16-78 – Field-tested by five states in the 1970s.
● UBF-1 – The uniform bill used in New York State.
Once the UB-82 format and data specifications were finalized and adopted, focus moved to individual states for implementation. As a result, the State Uniform Billing Committees
(SUBC) were created to disseminate UB-82 manuals and oversee unique state billing requirements.
After an 8-year moratorium on changes to the UB-82, NUBC oversaw numerous state surveys in an effort to implement improvements on the UB-82 design. As a result, the UB-92 was created incorporating the best of the UB-82 along with needed improvements on the data set design.
Again, more changes were needed. Thus, following a four-year study involving NUBC members and various public surveys, the UB-04 was approved as the new form starting March 1, 2007 and mandated May 23, 2007. The UB-92 paper claim will not be accepted, even as an adjustment claim after May 22, 2007.
NUBC was named as a prominent role player in the final regulations from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and helped define data content for each of the electronic transactions mentioned in the legislation.